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HIV Drug Chart

This quick reference chart compares available HIV medication options, including dosing info.


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DRUG Atripla (efavirenz + tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + emtricitabine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 600mg efavirenz + 300mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + 200mg emtricitabine.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. Take on an empty stomach. Dose should be taken at bedtime to minimize dizziness, drowsiness and impaired concentration.
DRUG Biktarvy (bictegravir + tenofovir alafenamide + emtricitabine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 50 mg bictegravir, 25 mg tenofovir alafenamide, and 200 mg emtricitabine.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. It can be taken with or without food.
DRUG Cabenuva (cabotegravir + rilpivirine)
Cabenuva
ADULT DOSING N/A
DOSING INFO

Cabenuva is a long-acting injectable regimen given every four weeks or every eight weeks. It consists of two separate injections in the buttocks administered by a health care provider.

People who wish to switch from their current oral antiretroviral regimen may take cabotegravir pills (known as Vocabria) plus Edurant for a month to ensure that the combination is well tolerated, but this oral lead-in is not required. Studies showed that the regimen was equally safe with or without the lead-in.

Vocabria and Edurant pills can be used as a short-term regimen if someone has to miss a planned Cabenuva injection appointment.

DRUG Complera (rilpivirine + tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + emtricitabine)
ADULT DOSING Each tablet contains 25 mg rilpivirine + 300 mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + 200 mg emtricitabine.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. Take with a meal.
DRUG Delstrigo (doravirine + tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + lamivudine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 100mg doravirine + 300mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + 300mg lamivudine.

For adults taking the antibiotic rifabutin, Delstrigo should be taken once a day, followed by one tablet of Pifeltro (darunavir) approximately 12 hours later.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. Take with or without food.
DRUG Dovato (dolutegravir + lamivudine)
ADULT DOSING

One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 50mg dolutegravir + 300mg lamivudine. 

DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. It can be taken with or without food.
DRUG Genvoya (elvitegravir + cobicistat + tenofovir alafenamide + emtricitabine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 150 mg elvitegravir, 150 mg cobicistat, 10 mg tenofovir alafenamide fumarate and 200 mg emtricitabine.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. Take with food.
DRUG Juluca (dolutegravir + rilpivirine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 50mg dolutegravir + 25mg rilpivirine. Juluca must be taken with a meal (with breakfast or dinner, for example).

If you take any supplements containing calcium or iron, you should take Juluca together with these supplements or take Juluca four hours before or six hours after taking these supplements.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. It must be taken with a meal.
DRUG Odefsey (rilpivirine + emtricitabine + tenofovir alafenamide)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 25 mg rilpivirine + 200mg emtricitabine + 25mg tenofovir alafenamide fumarate.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. Take with a meal.
DRUG Stribild (elvitegravir + cobicistat + tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + emtricitabine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 150 mg elvitegravir, 150 mg cobicistat, 300 mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and 200 mg emtricitabine.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. Take with food.
DRUG Symfi and Symfi Lo (efavirenz + tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + lamivudine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet of either Symfi or Symfi Lo once a day. Each tablet of Symfi contains 600mg efavirenz + 300mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + 300mg lamivudine. Each tablet of Symfi Lo contains 400mg efavirenz + 300mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + 300mg lamivudine.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. Take on an empty stomach. Dose should be taken at bedtime to minimize dizziness, drowsiness and impaired concentration.
DRUG Symtuza (darunavir + cobicistat + tenofovir alafenamide + emtricitabine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 800 mg darunavir, 150mg cobicistat, 200mg emtricitabine and 10mg tenofovir alafenamide.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen; if Symtuza is used by people living with HIV that has developed resistance to other available antiretrovirals, it may be combined with other HIV drugs. It should be taken with food.
DRUG Triumeq (dolutegravir + abacavir + lamivudine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 50 mg dolutegravir, 600 mg abacavir, and 300 mg lamivudine.

Triumeq alone is not recommended for people with known HIV resistance to abacavir, lamivudine or any of the approved integrase inhibitors.
DOSING INFO This is a complete one-pill, once-daily drug regimen. Take with or without food. Contains abacavir and should only be used by patients who have tested negative for HLA-B*5701 (see below).
DRUG Cimduo (lamivudine + tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day with or without food. Each tablet contains 300 mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + 300 mg lamivudine.
DOSING INFO N/A
DRUG Combivir (zidovudine + lamivudine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet twice a day. Each tablet contains 300mg zidovudine + 150mg lamivudine.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food, however taking with food may minimize stomach upset.
DRUG Descovy (tenofovir alafenamide fumarate + emtricitabine)
Decovy Tablet
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 200mg emtricitabine + 25mg tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF).
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Emtriva (emtricitabine)
ADULT DOSING One 200mg capsule once a day.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Epivir (lamivudine)
ADULT DOSING One 300mg tablet once a day, or one 150mg tablet twice a day
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.

Epivir is also used to treat patients infected with the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), but at a different dose. If you are dually infected with HIV and HBV, the dosage indicated for HIV therapy should be used.
DRUG Epzicom (abacavir + lamivudine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each table contains 600mg abacavir + 300mg lamivudine.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food. Contains abacavir and should only be used by patients who have tested negative for HLA-B*5701 (see below).
DRUG Retrovir (zidovudine)
ADULT DOSING One 300mg tablet twice a day.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food, however taking with food may minimize stomach upset.
DRUG Temixys (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + lamivudine)
Temixys
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day with or without food. Each tablet contains 300 mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + 300 mg lamivudine.
DOSING INFO N/A
DRUG Trizivir (abacavir + zidovudine + lamivudine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet twice a day. Each tablet contains 300mg zidovudine + 150mg lamivudine + 300mg abacavir.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food. Contains abacavir and should only be used by patients who have tested negative for HLA-B*5701 (see below).
DRUG Truvada (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + emtricitabine)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 300 mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + 200 mg emtricitabine.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Videx EC (didanosine)
ADULT DOSING One 400mg capsule once a day. For patients weighing less than 133 lbs. (60 kg), the dose is one 250mg capsule once a day. A powdered version of Videx, for mixing into an oral solution, is also available.
DOSING INFO Take on an empty stomach (2 hours after or 1 hour before a meal). Videx EC should be taken with water. It should not be taken with acidic juices, soda, or milk. Videx EC should be taken at least two hours after or two hours before Aptivus (tipranavir) and Reyataz (atazanavir). Avoid alcohol.
DRUG Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
ADULT DOSING One 300mg tablet once a day.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food. If Viread is taken with Videx EC (didanosine), it can increase didanosine levels in the blood by as much as 60%, causing increased side effects.
DRUG Zerit (stavudine)
ADULT DOSING One 40mg capsule, twice a day. For patients weighing less than 133 lbs. (60 kg), one 30mg capsule, twice a day.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Ziagen (abacavir)
ADULT DOSING One 300mg tablet twice a day, or two 300mg tablets once a day.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Edurant (rilpivirine)
ADULT DOSING One 25mg tablet once a day.
DOSING INFO Take with food.
DRUG Intelence (etravirine)
ADULT DOSING One 200mg tablet twice a day or two 100 mg tablets twice a day.
DOSING INFO Take with food.
DRUG Pifeltro (doravirine)
ADULT DOSING One 100mg tablet once a day.

For adults using the antibiotic rifabutin, the dose is one 100mg tablet every 12 hours.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Rescriptor (delavirdine)
ADULT DOSING Two 200mg tablets three times a day or four 100mg tablets three times a day.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Sustiva (efavirenz)
ADULT DOSING One 600mg tablet once a day, or three 200mg capsules once a day
DOSING INFO Take on an empty stomach. Dose should be taken at bedtime to minimize dizziness, drowsiness and impaired concentration.
DRUG Viramune and Viramune XR (nevirapine)
ADULT DOSING One 200mg Viramune IR tablet once a day for 14 days, then one 400mg Viramune XR tablet once a day
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Aptivus (tipranavir)
ADULT DOSING Two 250mg capsules plus two 100mg Norvir tablets (or capsules), twice a day.
DOSING INFO Aptivus and Norvir should be taken with food, preferably a meal. Aptivus/Norvir should not be taken with other protease inhibitors. If taken with Videx or Videx EC (didanosine), Aptivus/Norvir should be taken at least two hours before or two hours after taking ddI.
DRUG Crixivan (indinavir)
ADULT DOSING Two 400mg capsules, every 8 hours, OR two 400mg capsules with either one OR two 100mg Norvir tablets (or capsules) twice a day (preferred dosing).
DOSING INFO Without Norvir: Take on an empty stomach (no food two hours before or one hour after dosing), or with a light, low-fat snack.

With Norvir: Take with or without food.

Drink at least 48 ounces (six 8-oz. glasses) of water daily to prevent kidney stones.
DRUG Evotaz (atazanavir + cobicistat)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 300 mg Reyataz (atazanavir) + 150 mg Tybost (cobicistat).
DOSING INFO Take with food.
DRUG Invirase (saquinavir)
ADULT DOSING Two 500mg tablets plus one 100mg Norvir tablet (or capsule), twice a day
DOSING INFO Take with food, preferably a meal, or within 2 hours after a meal.
DRUG Kaletra (lopinavir + ritonavir)
ADULT DOSING Two tablets twice a day, or four tablets once a day, depending on HIV drug resistance. Each tablet contains 200 mg lopinvir and 50 mg Norvir (ritonavir).
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Lexiva (fosamprenavir)
ADULT DOSING Two 700 mg tablets twice a day, or two 700 mg tablets plus one or two Norvir tablets once a day, or one 700 mg tablet plus one Norvir tablet  twice a day (recommended for individuals who have used other PIs in the past). Take with or without food.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Norvir (ritonavir)
ADULT DOSING Six 100 mg tablets twice a day. The full dose of Norvir is rarely used. It is most often used at lower doses to boost the levels of other antiretrovirals in the blood.
DOSING INFO Take with food.
DRUG Prezcobix (darunavir + cobicistat)
ADULT DOSING One tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 800 mg Prezista (darunavir) + 150 mg Tybost (cobicistat).
DOSING INFO Take with food.
DRUG Prezista (darunavir)
ADULT DOSING One 800 mg tablet (or two 400 mg tablets) plus one 100 mg Norvir tablet once a day OR one 600 mg tablet plus one 100 mg Norvir tablet twice a day, depending on evidence of drug resistance.
DOSING INFO Take with food. If taken with ddI (Videx or Videx EC), Prezista/Norvir should be taken at least two hours before or one hour after taking ddI.
DRUG Reyataz (atazanavir)
ADULT DOSING Two 200 mg capsules once a day OR one 300 mg capsule plus one 100 mg Norvir tablet once a day.
DOSING INFO Take with food.
DRUG Viracept (nelfinavir)
ADULT DOSING Two 625 mg capsules twice a day OR five 250 mg capsules twice a day OR three 250 mg tablets three times a day. A powder formulation is also available.
DOSING INFO Take with food.
DRUG Isentress (raltegravir)
ADULT DOSING Two 600 mg (HD) tablets once a day for those who are treatment naive or whose virus has been suppressed on an initial regimen of twice-daily Isentress, or one 400 mg tablet twice a day.

DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Tivicay (dolutegravir)
ADULT DOSING One 50 mg tablet once a day for those starting antiretroviral therapy for the first time, or for those who have not used an integrase inhibitor in the past.

One 50 mg tablet twice a day for treatment-experienced individuals who have HIV that is resistant to other integrase inhibitors, and when taken with certain ARVs.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Vocabria (cabotegravir)
Vocabria HIV Medication
ADULT DOSING

N/A

DOSING INFO

Vocabria pills are taken once daily, in combination with once-daily Edurant pills, as a oral lead-in regimen for a month before switching to Cabenuva injections.

DRUG Fuzeon (enfuvirtide)
ADULT DOSING One 90mg (1-ml solution) subcutaneous injection twice a day.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food. Fuzeon comes as a white powder that must be mixed with sterile water in a vial each day.
DRUG Selzentry (maraviroc)
ADULT DOSING One 150mg, 300mg, or 600mg tablet, twice a day, depending on other medications used.
DOSING INFO Take with or without food.
DRUG Trogarzo (Ibalizumab)
ADULT DOSING Trogarzo is administered intravenously (IV) as a single loading (or initial) dose of 2,000 mg followed by a maintenance dose of 800 mg every two weeks.
DOSING INFO NA
DRUG Tybost (cobicistat)
ADULT DOSING 150 mg once a day in combination with antiretrovirals that require boosting
DOSING INFO Take with food.
DRUG Sunlenca (lenacapavir)
Sunlenca
ADULT DOSING N/A
DOSING INFO

Sunlenca is a long-acting injectable HIV medication taken every six months. People who wish to use Sunlenca have two initiation options:

Option 1:

Two Sunlenca tablets on Day 1 and Day 2 plus two subcutaneous injections on Day 1.

Option 2:
Two Sunlenca tablets on Day 1 and Day 2, one tablet on Day 8 and two subcutaneous injections on Day 15.

After initiation, Sunlenca is given by injection every six months.


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