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* Each drug is recommended for use in combination with other antiretrovirals. Dose may be adjusted when taken in combination. Please see package insert for complete information on considerations for indication, efficacy, safety and dose.
Nucleoside and/or Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NRTI, NtRTI)
Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NNRTI)
Dual-Class Fixed Dosed Combination
Protease Inhibitor (PI)
Entry Inhibitor
  Integrase Inhibitor
Updated by Jeff Berry and Enid Vazquez
Thanks to Rupali Jain, PharmD, BCPS

Click on the individual drug name for detailed information on each drug.

Combivir
(lamivudine/zidovudine)

Adult Single Dose*:
One tablet (150 mg lamivudine, 300 mg zidovudine), twice daily

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Emtriva
(emtricitabine, FTC)

Adult Single Dose*: One 200 mg capsule, once daily

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Epivir
(lamivudine, 3TC)

Adult Single Dose*: One 300 mg tablet, once daily; or one 150 mg tablet twice daily

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Epzicom
(abacavir/lamivudine)

Adult Single Dose*:
One tablet (600 mg Ziagen, 300 mg Epivir), once daily

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Retrovir
(zidovudine, AZT)

Adult Single Dose*: One 300 mg tablet, twice daily

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Trizivir (abacavir/lamivudine/ zidovudine)

Adult Single Dose*:
One tablet (300 mg Ziagen, 150 mg Epivir, 300 mg Retrovir), twice daily

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Truvada
(tenofovir/ emtricitabine)

Adult Single Dose*:
One tablet (200 mg Emtriva, 300 mg Viread), once daily

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Videx EC
(didanosine, ddI)

Adult Single Dose*: One 400 mg capsule, once daily with adjustments for weight (see Drug Guide)

Food and liquid qualifications: Take on an empty stomach, at least one hour before or 2 hours after food or drink, except water

Viread
(tenofovir)

Adult Single Dose*: One 300 mg tablet, once daily

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Zerit
(stavudine, d4T)

Adult Single Dose*: One 40 mg capsule, twice daily with adjustments for weight (see Drug Guide)

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Photo not available due to experimental status

Ziagen
(abacavir sulfate)

Adult Single Dose*: Two 300 mg tablets, once daily (or one 300 mg tablet twice daily)

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Rescriptor
(delavirdine)

Adult Single Dose*: Two 200 mg tablets, three times a day or four 100 mg tablets, three times a day

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Sustiva
(efavirenz)

Adult Single Dose*:
One 600 mg tablet, once daily or three 200 mg capsules, once daily

Food and liquid qualifications: Take on an empty stomach, or may be taken with a light, low-fat snack

Viramune
(nevirapine)

Adult Single Dose*:
One 200 mg tablet, daily for the first 14 days, then one 200 mg tablet, twice daily, or two 200 mg tablets, once daily

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

(etravirine or TMC-125)

Experimental Drug

Photo Not Available

Atripla
(efavirenz, emtricitabine,
tenofovir
)

Adult Single Dose*: One tablet (Sustiva [600 mg] and Truvada [200 mg Emtriva, 300 mg Viread]), once daily

Food and liquid qualifications: Take on an empty stomach, or may be taken with a light, low-fat snack

Agenerase
(amprenavir)

Adult Single Dose*: 1,200 mg twice daily (150 mg capsule no longer available due to new formulation Lexiva; 50 mg capsule and liquid still available)

Food and liquid qualifications: May be taken with or without food, but avoid a high fat meal

Aptivus
(tipranavir)

Adult Single Dose*: Two 250 mg capsules with two 100 mg capsules Norvir, twice daily

Food and liquid qualifications: Take with food

Crixivan
(indinavir)

Adult Single Dose*:
Two 400 mg capsules, every 8 hours (almost always boosted with Norvir, see Drug Guide)

Food and liquid qualifications: Take with no food or a low-fat snack (with food with Norvir); drink at least 1.5 liters of water daily

Invirase
(saquinavir)

Adult Single Dose*: Two 500 mg tablets with one 100 mg capsule Norvir, twice daily. (Or five 200 mg hard-gel capsules and 100 mg Norvir, twice daily.) Saquinavir must be dosed with Norvir.

Food and liquid qualifications: Take with food, or within two hours after a meal

Kaletra
(lopinavir/ritonavir)

Adult Single Dose*:
Four tablets (200 mg lopinavir/50 mg ritonavir), once daily if on first-time HIV therapy or two 200/50 mg tablets, twice daily

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Lexiva
(fos-amprenavir calcium)

Adult Single Dose*: Two 700 mg tablets plus 200 mg Norvir, once daily or two 700 mg tablets, twice daily (if protease inhibitor experienced, 700 mg with 100 mg Norvir, twice daily)

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

Norvir
(ritonavir)

Adult Single Dose*: Used mostly for boosting, once or twice a day with another PI

Food and liquid qualifications: Take with food, if possible

Prezista
(darunavir)

Adult Single Dose*: Two 300 mg tablets plus 100 mg Norvir, twice daily

Food and liquid qualifications: Take with food

Reyataz
(atazanavir sulfate)

Adult Single Dose*:
One 300 mg capsule plus 100 mg Norvir, once daily or two 200 mg capsules, once daily (see Drug Guide)

Food and liquid qualifications: Take with food

Photo not available due to experimental status

 

Photo not available due to experimental status

 

 

Viracept
(nelfinavir)

Adult Single Dose*: Two 625 mg tablets, twice daily (or five 250 mg tablets, twice daily)

Food and liquid qualifications: Take with a meal

Fuzeon
(enfuvirtide, T-20)

Adult Single Dose*: 90 mg, twice daily subcutaneous injections

Food and liquid qualifications: No food restrictions (with or without food)

maraviroc (formerly UK-427,857)

Experimental Drug

MK-0518

Experimental Drug

 
 
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