Question
Are these side effects from Atroiza?
13 December 2013. Related: All topics, Life expectancy, Newly diagnosed, Pregnancy, Side effects.
Am a 19 yr old girl I just foundout that am HIV+ and am pregnant.
I started taking Atroiza but since I started I hardly sleep. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and have a bad headache when I ask nurse she say its part of treatment. Is it Atroiza doing this or what?
I know HIV can’t be cured and I doing this for my unborn baby because if I die who wil raised her/him?
Answer
Hello,
I’m very sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis. Finding out you are HIV positive is never easy but finding out in pregnancy can be especially hard. Do you have any support to help you deal with this?
Atroiza is a generic version of Atripla.
Atroiza contains a drug called efavirenz which has side effects that include sleep disturbance, mood changes and headaches. Usually these will improve over the first few weeks of treatment. However, some people change to a different drug because of these side effects.
It’s important to understand that these are related to your treatment, and to discuss them with your clinic if you are finding them difficult or they don’t improve. This link has more about these side effects.
You are right that we don’t have a cure for HIV. ARVs are very effective at treating HIV though and can allow you to have a long and healthy life.
With ARVs, HIV positive people have almost the same life expectancy as HIV negative people. Living with HIV isn’t something that is easy and you do need to take it seriously, but it shouldn’t stop you from doing anything in life you would have done before your diagnosis.
You may find the following links useful for more information. Do get back in touch if you have any questions.
Hi Disco,
Please see the following link:
http://i-base.info/htb/32308
I have a cd4 count of 700 and viral load of 43 so i am asking since my partner is negetive that if i dnt use condom with her whats are chances of infecting her out of 10. M not saying ill stop using condom i just wanna knw cz my nurse told me tht mybe as we speak my viral load might be undetected. Cz i hve 100% record of talking my treatment?
Hi Stse,
Why have you decided to stop taking your meds? If its due to side effects, with Atrozia they usually go within a few weeks.
A week later I was tested HIV+ with a CD4 count of 626. I’ve been taking Atroiza for a week now but decided to stop taking this med until January 2018.
Hi Mabucy,
ARVs don’t cause fertility problems. And neither should they stop you from starting a family.
Can Atroiza stop me having kids?
Hi Felicia,
Please see Q4 here:
http://i-base.info/qa/what-are-the-most-asked-questions
I’ve skipped a day taking my Atroiza what must I do?
Hi Listar,
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. This is a great attitude to have.
I started to take this treatment on the 6-2-2017 and now I feel like I am a person again I am happy that I realized early about my status.