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Title: HIV/AIDS medications and their common side effects

Category: Infectious Disease

Keywords: HIV, Medications (PubMed Search)

Posted: 6/20/2020 by Michael Bond, MD (Updated: 6/21/2020)
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HIV/AIDS medications and their common side effects
  • Didanosine: pancreatitis
  • Indinavir: nephrolithiasis
  • Isoniazid: hepatitis
  • Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole: hyperkalemia, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
  • Ritonavir: paresthesias, metabolic syndrome
  • Pentamidine: hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia
  • Efavirenz: psychosis
  • Dapsone: hepatitis
  • Nevirapine: hepatic failure
  • AZT: bone marrow suppression and macrocytic anemia
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