Can you answer the following questions about Combivir®?
What is the generic name/s? Any abbreviations?
What "class" antiretroviral is it and how does it work?
With food, without food or food doesn't matter?
Any side effects?
Any possible drug interactions?
What is a typical dose?
Any other significant counseling points?
Combivir ® (lamivudine 150 mg/zidovudine
300 mg) is a combination of Epivir®
(Lamivudine) and Retrovir®
(Zidovudine).
Combivir ® (lamivudine 150 mg/zidovudine
300 mg) is dosed 1 tablet bid.
As with all antiretrovirals, adherence is
crucial.
Non-adherence is a frequent cause of drug failure and viral
resistance, not only to combivir, but to other NRTIs as well.
