{"id":4147,"date":"2016-01-05T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2016-01-06T21:57:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T21:57:39","slug":"how-long-do-side-effects-to-efavirenz-sustiva-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/4147","title":{"rendered":"How long do efavirenz side effects last?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>The type of side effects you report are pretty common when starting efavirenz.<\/p>\n<p>For most people the dizzyness starts to get easier to tolerate within the first week or two, but it sounds like you may be having a particularly difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>One thing to check is that you are not taking your meds after dinner. Meals that contain a lot of fat increase efavirenz levels by about 60%. Efavirenz should not be take until at least two houf after food that contains a lot of fat. Taking efavirenz before bedtime means you are hopefully sleeping during the side effects.<\/p>\n<p>It is up to you how long you want to give this before trying another drug. Although your clinic might suggest giving it more time, some people change within a week if they are badly affected.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to prove anything to anyone by staying on a drug that doesn&#8217;t work for you. There are lots of other options and switching is easy.<\/p>\n<p>There is more information on efavirenz <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/cns-side-effects\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This answer was updated\u00a0in January 2016 from a question first posted on 11 June 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just started with efavirenz and Truvada 10 days ago. I&#8217;m not sleeping properly and feel dizzy all the time.<\/p>\n<p>Is this normal, and when will it get better?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-changing-treatment","category-side-effects","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147","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=4147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}