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[ by Abby Horstmann | Nov 9, 2009 5:55 pm | No Comment ]
Epzicom Associated With More Side Effects In HIV/AIDS Patients Than Truvada

A recent study compared the efficacy and safety of two combination therapies used to treat HIV: Truvada (emitricitabine/tenofovir) and Epzicom (abacavir/lamivudine).

The results suggest that though the two therapies are comparable in efficacy, Epzicom is more likely to cause serious side effects than Truvada.

Compared to therapy with an individual drug, combination therapies can result in lower rates of treatment failure and patient fatality. There is also a smaller chance of developing antibiotic-resistant infectious bacteria.

Truvada is a combination therapy that includes the drugs Emtriva (emtricitabine) and Viread (tenofovir). Alternatively,…

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