#Atripla

Advocates claim Gilead and others unfairly limited competition for HIV combination pills.

Researchers have called for revised treatment guidelines to address the higher risk of fracture in the HIV population.

This finding from a study of people switching from TDF to TAF for HIV treatment may also have implications for those on PrEP.

However, an analysis of Swiss people with HIV found no significant change in the suicide rate in more recent years.

The newer tenofovir formulation can raise cholesterol and triglyceride levels, but these changes are reversible.

Swiss researchers analyzed shifts in kidney function among those switching from the old form of the HIV medication to the new one.

Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is found in Truvada, Viread, Atripla, Complera and Stribild.

Italian researchers randomized half of a group of people on daily Atripla to switch to taking the single-tablet regimen every second day.

Timothy Brown may have company after a man’s virus went into remission following an HIV-resistant stem cell transplant to treat his cancer.

Delstrigo (doravirine/lamivudine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) includes Pifeltro (doravirine) in a three-drug single-tablet regimen.

Gilead has based its entire HIV drug portfolio on updating tenofovir, ostensibly to make it safer for bones and kidneys.

Researchers call for closer cardiovascular monitoring for those switching from the TDF form of the drug to the TAF version.

Delstrigo (doravirine/lamivudine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) includes Pifeltro (doravirine) in a three-drug single-tablet regimen.

Nevertheless, researchers advise careful kidney monitoring when pairing the medications.

A large ongoing study in Botswana has found that about 1 in 150 babies exposed to Tivicay at conception developed such birth defects.