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Taking two or more different drugs together may result in an alteration in the effectiveness or in the side-effects of one or more of the drugs. Pharmacokinetics (PK) is the study of how a drug is absorbed into the body and distributed in different parts of the body. Pharmacodynamics (PD) is the study of the impact of different concentrations of a drug on the body.

Drug interactions & pharmacokinetics

Concentrations of HIV protease inhibitors increase with age

News
5 April 2013
TB treatment

Dosing of key TB drug rifampicin could go higher

News
7 March 2013
Drug interactions & pharmacokinetics

Prezista (darunavir) label change - drug interaction information

Editor's pick
US Food and Drug Administration
2 March 2013
Treatment guidelines

Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines Include Stronger Recommendation for Acute Infection

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HIVandHepatitis.com
15 February 2013
Hepatitis C treatment side-effects

Drug interaction warning for hepatitis C: serious side effects when using telaprevir and bosentan

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CATIE
15 February 2013
Hepatitis C treatment side-effects

Copy of Drug interaction warning for hepatitis C: serious side effects when using telaprevir and bosentan

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CATIE
15 February 2013
Treatment guidelines

Updated U.S. DHHS guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents

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AIDSinfo
15 February 2013
Drug interactions & pharmacokinetics

Certain Meds Mixed With Grapefruit Juice Can Be a Fatal Cocktail

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AIDSMeds
21 December 2012
Contraception

Combined oral contraception has less effect on nevirapine than efavirenz levels

News
21 December 2012
Drug interactions & pharmacokinetics

Mistakes are still commonly made in prescriptions of antiretroviral medications

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News Medical
22 October 2012
Side effects

CNS symptoms common in people taking raltegravir

News
10 October 2012
TB treatment

Raltegravir 800mg twice daily appears a good alternative to efavirenz for HIV-TB treatment

News
31 July 2012
New & experimental HIV treatments

Cobicistat matches ritonavir as atazanavir booster

News
30 July 2012
TB treatment

Tuberculosis: Combined wisdom

Editor's pick
The Economist
26 July 2012
HIV treatment for children & young people

Efavirenz Works in Kids with Both HIV and TB

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MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
25 July 2012
New & experimental HIV treatments

Similar Efficacy, Side Effects in Study of Gilead Booster Cobicistat and Norvir

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AIDSMeds
25 July 2012
TB treatment

Co-administration of rifampicin and efavirenz does not reduce efavirenz concentrations or efficacy

News
24 July 2012
TB treatment

UCSF/SFGH Researchers Call for Change in New FDA Recommendation on HIV and TB Drug Doses

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USCF News Center
24 July 2012
Hepatitis C treatment

No evidence of an interaction between abacavir and ribavirin

News
17 July 2012
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Study shows that use of darunavir/ritonavir and etravirine in HIV treatment as a prevention method is biologically plausible

News
13 June 2012
New & experimental HIV treatments

Gilead Files European Marketing Application for Boosting Agent Cobicistat

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Gilead press release
25 May 2012
Drug interactions & pharmacokinetics

13th International workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV Therapy 16–18 April 2012, Barcelona

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i-base
23 May 2012
New & experimental hepatitis C treatment

US: do not mix Merck hepatitis pill with HIV drugs

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Reuters
27 April 2012
New & experimental hepatitis C treatment

No Relevant Interactions Between Telaprevir and Two Newest Nonnucleosides Rilpivirine & Etravirine

Editor's pick
NATAP
20 April 2012