Question

What happens when you stop Reydin?

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.

18 comments

  1. Christina Antoniadi

    Hello Tahsin and thanks for getting in touch.

    Sometimes, depending on the health of a person at diagnosis, it takes a while for them to get back to normal.

    Is there something preventing you from gaining weight, such as often vomiting?

    What you can do to help is to ensure you have the food you like in small portions throughout the day.

    If vomiting or nausea are the reason, your doctor can prescribe medication to help you at the beginning.

    Most side effects like that disappear after a couple of months.

    Please don’t worry, and take a look at the healthy eating guide that might help you understand what changes you need to do for your diet to work better for you.
    https://i-base.info/guides/side/lifestyle-and-quality-of-life

    Also gaining weight is directly related to exercise, so you might want to add some exercise to your schedule.

  2. Tashin

    Hi why am I losing still losing while I’m on Reydin pills

  3. Christina Antoniadi

    Hello Siziwe and thanks for the question.

    All ARVs can be used for treatment and as PEP.

  4. Siziwe

    Is Reydin taken by HIV Positive people only?

  5. Christina Antoniadi

    Hello Mabasa and thanks for the question.

    Reydin is a combination drug (tenofovir, lamivudine, dolutegravir) that can be used for PEP and treatment of HIV.

  6. Mabasa

    Hi Reydin is PEP or PreP?

  7. Josh Peasegood

    Hi Elvis, PEP can be taken with or without water. This will have no impact on the effectiveness of your treatment.

    Please see here for more information about PEP: https://i-base.info/qa/factsheets/pep-faq

  8. Elvis

    Hi m in the pep treatment so yesterday I was not having water so I decided to swallow reydin pills without water then 5min later I find water to drink it so my consen is dat this pills that I swallowed worked or not

  9. Josh Peasegood

    Hi Cyabonga, thank you for clarifying. If this means you have only missed one dose of PEP (Reydin) this is not going to have a significant impact on how well it works. You can continue your course as normal.

    For more information about PEP please see here: https://i-base.info/qa/factsheets/pep-faq

  10. Cyabonga

    Hi no i am not hiv positive i am only taking these as PEP

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