4. Side effects of ARVs (2023)

Overview of side effects. How to report and avoid side effects.Options to switch treatment. Side effects with modern ART and history of early ART. Updated 2023.

• 4. 1-4.2 Introduction and aims
• 4. 3 Side effects overview
• 4. 4 General side effects: feeling sick, diarrhoea, tiredness, rash
• 4. 5 Mood changes, anxiety, poor sleep, strange dreams
• 4. 6 Weight changes – especially unexplained weight gain
• 4. 7 Metabolic changes: cholesterol, blood sugar, lipodystrophy
• 4. 8 Liver problems, fatty liver and rash
• 4. 9 History of ARV side effects: most are no longer a risk
• 4.10 Summary of side effects with ART in 2023
• 4.11 How to report side effects
• 4.12 How side effects are graded
• 4.13 Side effects diary

Last updated: 1 January 2023.