Question
What happens when you stop Reydin?
2 February 2024. Related: Adherence, All topics, CD4 and viral load, Life expectancy, Newly diagnosed, Starting treatment.
What happens when you take one Reydin tablet and stop taking them?
Answer
Hi, how are you doing?
Are you HIV positive? and if so do you know your CD4 count and viral load?
Have you only taken one Reydin and then immediately stopped? If this is the case why did you stop treatment?
Reydin is used to suppress HIV and stop it having an impact on your immune system. When you stop taking Reydin it allows HIV to become active in the body and damage your CD4 cells. It also risk you passing on HIV to others.
This graph shows how CD4 count and viral load change with and without treatment.
If you have only taken this single tablet, there is unlikely to be any major outcome though it can risk some resistance to treatment. Not taking treatment will also cause a reduction in life expectancy.
Would you consider restarting treatment again?
Josh.
Hello Nontokomalo and thanks for getting in touch.
Please speak to your doctor – all rashes should be assessed (and treated if needed) by a doctor
Since I take raydin I am having a rush.
Hello Zee and thanks for getting in touch.
Switching between Volutrip and Reydin will not make much difference for the effectiveness on HIV.
They both contain the same medication: Tenofovir disoproxil, lamivudine, dolutegravir but they come from different brands and have different brand names.
However, I am guessing your doctor suggested trying Reydin as this might have a better effect on your cough (cough less) or even stop it completely
Your cough might be a rare side effect of your medication, especially if your doctor has excluded other reasons for a cough.
Have you had a chest X-Ray? Or what has your doctor suggested as another possibility for the cough?
Hi I’m using volutrip and I always cough since I started it.. so isnit dangerous if i change to raydin?