{"id":10626,"date":"2015-06-27T22:59:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T22:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=10626"},"modified":"2015-06-27T22:59:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T22:59:14","slug":"is-it-normal-for-atroiza-to-make-me-dizzy-the-whole-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/10626","title":{"rendered":"Is it normal for Atroiza to make me dizzy the whole day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>Feeling dizzy is a common side effect of an HIV med called efavirenz.<\/p>\n<p>As efavirenz is one of the three drugs in Atroiza, this is a common side effect.<\/p>\n<p>Two imporatn tips can help:<\/p>\n<p>1. Take Atroiza on an empty stomach. This means at least tow hours after you have eaten. Fat in food increases levels of efavirenz.<\/p>\n<p>2. Take Atroiza just as you go to sleep, or an hour or two before sleeping.<\/p>\n<p>However, many people find that after a few days or weeks, the side effect get much easier.<\/p>\n<p>See this link for more information:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/cns-side-effects\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/cns-side-effects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If it is too difficult now &#8211; or if it does;t get easier soon, please talk to your doctor about another med to use.<\/p>\n<p>Some people are just unlucky in getting this more badly, and then it is better to use a different drug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I&#8217;m a 20 year old guy and I recently started taking Atroiza with a CD4 count of 263, but they make me dizzy the whole day. Is this normal?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-side-effects","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}