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FDA: HCV Drug Interferes With HIV Meds
A new drug for hepatitis C can reduce the effectiveness of some HIV medications if they are taken together and vice versa, the FDA is warning.
In a drug safety communication, the agency warned that there are important drug interactions between boceprevir (Victrelis) and anti-HIV protease inhibitors boosted with ritonavir (Norvir).
Boceprevir, approved last year, is a novel direct-acting agent targeting the NS3/4A protease of hepatitis C. It's taken with ribavirin and pegylated interferon-alfa to treat genotype 1 disease.
Another such drug, telaprevir (Incivek), was also approved last year and its prescribing information already includes cautions about drug interactions with HIV medications.
Neither drug is approved to treat patients coinfected with both viruses.
Read more at: http://tinyurl.com/6pju2wq
Source: MedPage Today
Elevating Equitable Health Care for the LGBTQ+ Community
June 18th 2024For the third episode in our special Pride Month series, we speak with Patrick McGovern, CEO of Callen-Lorde since August of 2023 and an outspoken advocate for HIV; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus (LGBTQ+); and community health.
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Accessibility Important After FDA Approves Lenacapavir for PrEP: Q&A With Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH
June 20th 2025The approval of lenacapavir, a form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), marks significant progress in preventing HIV, making it vital for the treatment to be available and accessible to those most vulnerable, explains Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
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Community Outreach Is Enabling CeSHHAR to Close HIV Care Gaps in Zimbabwe
April 6th 2021The Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research Zimbabwe conducts evidence-based research related to HIV and AIDS, as well as provides and implements sexual and reproductive health education and interventions among sex workers, children, and adolescents, and in the area of masculinity.
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