HIV treatment involves taking medicine that reduces the amount of HIV in your body.
Find below are the list of HIV Drugs In South Africa
Abacavir, or ABC (Ziagen)
Didanosine, or ddl (Videx)
Emtricitabine, or FTC (Emtriva)
Lamivudine, or 3TC (Epivir)
Stavudine, or d4T (Zerit)
Tenofovir alafenamide, or TAF (Vemlidy)
Tenofovir disoproxil
What is the most common drug prescribed for HIV?
Common HIV Medications
Tivicay (dolutegravir) is an INSTI you take once or twice a day.
Triumeq (dolutegravir + abacavir + lamivudine) combines an INSTI and two NRTIs.
Truvada (emtricitabine + tenofovir) combines two NRTIs.
Vemlidy, Viread (tenofovir) is an NRTI you usually take once a day.
What is the name of the new HIV pill?
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has launched a new fixed-dose combination antiretroviral (ARV) treatment called tenofovir/lamivudine/dolutegravir, simply known as TLD.
Which are the 5 antiretroviral drugs?
[4,5,6] The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved medications in five different classes to treat HIV infection: entry inhibitors, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNTRIs), integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs),
What are the 7 classes of HIV drugs?
The seven HIV drug classes are:
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)
Protease inhibitors (PIs)
Fusion inhibitors.
CCR5 antagonists.
Integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs)
Post-attachment inhibitors.
Can I get ARV at clicks?
To make an appointment at a Clicks Clinic, call 0860 254 257 or book online at Clicks Clinics online. HIV home test kits are also available for purchase in-store.
How many drugs are in Haart?
Currently, the standard of care for a treatment-naïve patient with HIV-1 is a three-drug, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen that is started as soon as possible after a patient tests positive for HIV.
What are the 6 classes of antiretroviral drugs?
These drugs are distributed into six distinct classes based on their molecular mechanism and resistance profiles: (1) nucleoside-analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs), (2) non–nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs), (3) integrase inhibitors, (4) protease inhibitors (PIs), (5) fusion inhibitors,
How much do Arvs cost in South Africa?
According to our calculations, the average price is R86. 54 (US$6.26) per person per month. Of the eight versions of the new three-drug combination available in the private sector in South Africa, the cheapest is priced at R616 per month – more than seven times the average public sector price.