Question
Should I take Tribuss or Trivenz?
24 October 2016. Related: All topics, Pregnancy, Starting treatment.
Hi…I’m 3 months pregnant and have tested HIV positive.. My GP recommended tribus pills to start using it and my medical aid decided to give me trivenzn. I’m not sure if I should use it or go back to my GP to explain to her..
Please help, must i start using it or not?
Answer
Thanks for getting in touch.
Tribuss and Trivenz are a generic form of Atripla. Therefore, it doesn’t matter which one you take, as they are the same drug. Please see:
https://i-base.info/guides/1561
What is important is that you are on medication. More so because you are pregnant. It is ARVs that will help prevent transmission.
Hi Hlengiwe,
Please discuss this with your partner as Trivenz can be used to prevent HIV as well as to treat it.
Hi my boyfriend is taking trivenz..is he hiv positive?
Hi Kay,
Lisa means that the active ingredients are the same. They are efavirenz, tenofovir DF and FTC (emtricitabine), please see this link. However, all tablets – for any treatment – use ingredients that have no effect. They are there to make the tablet a tablet. The amount of these non-active ingredients is very small so any reaction to them is minimal.
TRIVENS IS SUGAR FREE AND TRIBUS IS NOT. SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE MY SISTER. THAT IS A FACT
Hi Gloria,
It’s great you’re feeling fine on Trivenz. Carrying on with your normal schedule and working out when it suits you sounds very good too.
I just started taking trivvenz, and I am feeling normal which is really great, I normally do my workout 2 hrs after dinner, can I continue to doing that?
Thanks
Hi Anita.
Yes you can use the supplements that you’ve been given, there won’t be an interaction. As you’re pregnant you may find the following helpful:
http://i-base.info/guides/pregnancy
Hi I am HIV positive and 7 month pregnant my Dr recommended me to use Trivenz and novovit supplement.. I was using centrum and folic acid before ..I want to know is it safe to use all of these meds now . my cd4 is 209
Hi Raymond,
Novavit Plus is a multivitamin supplement similar to Centrum. So that shouldn’t have made any difference. So it’s a good idea to talk to the doctor and find out why you’re losing weight.
Hi. Raymond here in SA
I was diagnosed many years back I started Arvs 2010 (Tribuss, purbac & Centrum) Centrum was later changed to Novavit plus. I never had problems before but now I have lost weight and I’m experiencing it mainly arms, buttocks, legs and face. Could it be the medication that I’m taking? I use to pick my weight up to 101kg but now I’m 93 and I see that I’m going down. I’m worried.