Abacavir/lamivudine fixed-dose combination antiretroviral therapy for the treatment of HIV

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Achenbach, Chad J ^a   Scarsi, Kimberly K ^a   Murphy, Robert L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abacavir; Antiretroviral therapy; Epzicom; HIV; Lamivudine; Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ABACAVIR PLUS LAMIVUDINE; DIDANOSINE; EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; PLACEBO; RIBAVIRIN; STAVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSOMNIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALAISE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VOMITING;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HALF-LIFE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LAMIVUDINE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 77950650438     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-010-0006-9     Document Type: Review

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