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| Active Ingredient | LAMIVUDINE |
| Therapeutic Class | NRTI |
| Indications | A combination of oral lamivudine and oral zidovudine has p roduced significant and sustained increases in CD4+ counts and decreases in viral load in HIV-infected patients. Lamivudine is indicated for More ... |
| Caution | Diarrhoea, headache, fatigue, insomnia, arthralgias, myalgias, neuropathy, nasal signs and symptoms, elevated liver enzymes, skin rash, fever or chills, ear, nose and throat infections. Concurrent use More ... |
| Dose Range |
Adult: 150mg orally twice daily , or 300mg once daily . Pediatric 3 months - 16 years: 4mg/kg twice daily (up to a maximum dose of 150mg twice a day ). Chronic hep atitis B: 100mg orally daily for adults and 3mg/kg once daily (maximum daily dose = |
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| Pregnancy | The animal and human data suggest that lamivudine is a low risk to the developin More ... |
| Breast Feeding | Lamivudine is distributed into milk in humans. It is not known whether the drug More ... |
| Active Ingredient | ABACAVIR | LAMIVUDINE |
| Therapeutic Class | ANTIRETROVIRALS MISCELLANEOUS |
| Indications | HIV infection in combination with other antiretrovirals. |
| Caution | As for abacavir and lamivudine. |
| Dose Range | Adult:40 kg and over One tablet once daily . Abacavir/Lamivudine can be taken with or without food. |
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| Active Ingredient | LAMIVUDINE | ZIDOVUDINE |
| Therapeutic Class | ANTIRETROVIRALS MISCELLANEOUS |
| Indications | Indicated in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV infection. |
| Caution | Headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, neutropenia, anemia, neuropathy , insomnia, nasal symptoms and musculoskeletal pain. |
| Dose Range | Adult and Children 12 years and over: One tablet twice daily (150mg lamivudine/300mg zidovudine per tablet). Not recommended in children under 12 y ears. |
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| Pregnancy | The incidence and clinical significance of mitochondrial dysfunction after in ut More ... |
| Breast Feeding | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other experts recommend More ... |