Side effects of antiretroviral drugs Outi Vehviläinen, MD Ilembula Lutheran Hospital 31.1.2014
My presentation What are the drugs? How are the drugs combinated and coded? The most important side effects Conclusion 27.4.2017
TYPES OF ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs) Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs) Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (Nucleotide Analogues) Protease Inhibitors (PIs) 27.4.2017
I Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs ) Zidovudine (AZT) Lamivudine (3TC) Abacavir (ABC) Emtricitabine (FTC) 27.4.2017
II Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs) Efavirenz (EFV) Nevirapine (NVP) 27.4.2017
III Nucleotide Analogues (Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors) Tenofovir (TDF) 27.4.2017
IV Protease Inhibitors (PIs) Lopinavir (LPV) Ritonavir (RTV) 27.4.2017
How are the drugs combinated and coded? FIRST LINE Zidovudine (AZT) Lamivudine (3TC) Nevirapine (NVP) 1b Zidovudine (AZT) Lamivudine (3TC) Efavirenz (EFV) 1c Tenofovir (TDF) Emtricitabine (FTC) Efavirenz (EFV) 1e Tenofovir (TDF) Lamivudine (3TC) Efavirenz (EFV) 1g SECOND LINE Abacavir (ABC) Lamivudine (3TC) Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r) 2g 27.4.2017
The most important side effects First category: Mild and transient symptoms:mild headaches, mild gastric upset, nausea, fatigue and the CNS-disturbances Second category: More severe gastric upset with nausea and vomiting, more severe headaches and mild peripheral neuropathy, mild rash. Third category: Symptoms are severe ARV drugs must be stopped Anaemia, nausea, vomiting, dehydration,severe headache, fatigue 27.4.2017
headache, fatique, malaise nausea, vomiting myalgia, myopathy Zidovudine (AZT) 1b, 1c Anaemia neutropenia headache, fatique, malaise nausea, vomiting myalgia, myopathy 27.4.2017
Nevirapine (NVP) 1b Hepathotoxicity may be life threatening is more common in higher CD4 cell counts, in women and in patients with hepatitis B or C 27.4.2017
Nevirapine (NVP) 1b Hypersensitivity Stevens -Johnson Syndrome Mild Erythema,urticaria No blistering of skin No angioedema No systemic signs Stevens -Johnson Syndrome Severe rash, erytema, urticaria, desquamation, skin blistering, exfoliative dermatitis, erytema multiforme, fissured lips Anaphylaxis Angioedema Systemic signs (body aches, arthalgias, myalgias, fevers lyphadenopathy). 27.4.2017
Efavirenz (EFV)side effects 1c,1e, 1g CNS- side effects: headache,vivid dreams, nightmares, vertigo, confusion, mood changes elevation of liver function tests hyperlipidemia 27.4.2017
acute and chronic renal failure proteinuria, Tenofovir (TDF) 1e 1g Nefrotoxicity acute and chronic renal failure proteinuria, renal insufficiency (histology: focal glomerulosclerosis) 27.4.2017
Emtricitabine (FTC) 1e Headache Nausea Vomiting 27.4.2017
Lamivudine (3TC) 1b,1c, 2g Headache Nausea Vomiting 27.4.2017
Acabavir (ABC) 2g Hypersensitivity flu symptoms, shortness of breath, cough, fever, aches, pains, general ill feeling,fatigue, abdominal pain,diarrhoea, nausea, muscle aches, numbness, sore throat or rash. occurs in up to 5% of patients, can be fatal. 27.4.2017
Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r) 2g Lopinavir (LPV) diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, dyslipidemia Ritonavir (RTV) diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, elevation of liver function tests, hyperuricemia 27.4.2017
Conclusion I Zidovudine (AZT) Lamivudine (3TC) Nevirapine (NVP) 1b FIRST LINE Zidovudine (AZT) Lamivudine (3TC) Nevirapine (NVP) 1b Zidovudine (AZT) Lamivudine (3TC) Efavirenz (EFV) 1c Tenofovir (TDF) Emtricitabine (FTC) Efavirenz (EFV) 1e Tenofovir (TDF) Lamivudine (3TC) Efavirenz (EFV) 1g SECOND LINE Abacavir (ABC) Lamivudine (3TC) Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r) 2g 27.4.2017
CONCLUSION II 1 b anaemia, hypersensitivity, hepatotoxicity anaemia, CNS-symptoms renal insufficiency, CNS-symptoms hypersensitivity, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain 1 c 1 e 1 g 2 g 27.4.2017 http://www.eacsociety.org/Guidelines.aspx
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