Question
What is the difference between Reydin and Telatri?
17 May 2022. Related: Adherence, All topics, Changing treatment.
Good day, I have been taking Telatri for treatment for the past two months. Today on collecting my treatment they gave me Reydin.
I want to know the effect of this change in medication.
Answer
Hi, how are you doing?
There is no difference between the two medications. They are both generic versions of the same medication. In this cases they are different names for TLD.
They have different names because they have been made by a different company but they still contain the same ingredients. For this reason there will be no changes from taking Reydin instead of Telatri.
Both Telatri and Reydin contain; tenofovir, lamivudine and dolutegravir.
Josh.
Hello Paul and thanks for getting in touch.
Atripla is a medication containing Tenofovir disoproxil, Emtricitabine and Efavirenz
Acriptega and Reydin both contain Tenofovir disoproxil, Lamivudine and Dolutegravir.
If your kidney function was not good and seriously affected (eGFR under 60) you should have been prescribed a combination without Tenofovir disoproxil which can affect the kidney function.
A serious allergic reaction would mean that you were unable to breath and had to be taken to hospital to manage.
I am guessing this was not the case?
Chlorpheniramine (Allergex) is an antihistamine medication that can help with some symptoms – especially if it’s not clear why they are presenting.
I am not able to suggest or advise on any other medication as I am based in the UK and don’t know what might be available in your setting.
From what you write my understanding is that your kidney function remains in acceptable levels (eGFR over 60) and your symptoms were managed with an antihistamine which means it was not a serious allergic reaction.
It might mean though that some of the ingredients in Reydin do not sit well with you, so you need to be on a different brand of TLD.
You should discuss this with your clinic and also if you are worried about kidney function discuss what other alternatives might be available to you.
Hi. I used to take Atripla and it affected my nervous system and that was changed to Acriptega. But then Acriptega had bad effect on my kidneys because my GFR used to go lower than rising. Then I was on Reydin which causes very serious allergic reaction. I was advised by sisters at the clinic to take Allergex as well but I think somewhere somehow they lack information as to what to prescribe. It is a challenge using community health centres because we dealing with nurses rather than doctors.
Any advice in that regard?