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Neuropsychiatric side effects associated with efavirenz therapy in HIV/AIDS patients

HIV/AİDS hastalarında efavirenz kullanımına bağlı gelişen nöropsikiyatrik yan etkiler

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Conclusion: Before initiating efavirenz therapy, all patients should be cautioned about the side effects of the drug to increase therapy adaptation, and they should be informed not to stop taking the drug without first consulting their physicians.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: Efavirenz is a potent, safe and tolerable non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor recommended as one component of the initial combination therapy in HIV/AIDS patients.
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Key Findings & Data:The most frequent adverse effects with efavirenz are neuropsychiatric symptoms, which affect more than 50% of patients.
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Conclusion & Impact:Conclusion: Before initiating efavirenz therapy, all patients should be cautioned about the side effects of the drug to increase therapy adaptation, and they should be informed not to stop taking the drug without first consulting their physicians.
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Introduction: Efavirenz is a potent, safe and tolerable non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor recommended as one component of the initial combination therapy in HIV/AIDS patients. The most frequent adverse effects with efavirenz are neuropsychiatric symptoms, which affect more than 50% of patients. Patients and Methods: We conducted a retrospective study on 89 naive HIV/AIDS patients followed by the infectious disease and clinical microbiology outpatient clinic between January 2006 and March 2009. Age, gender, CD4 cell counts, antiretroviral therapies and side effects were collected by retrospective analysis of follow-up records. Results: A total of 89 naive HIV/AIDS patients were analyzed. Sixty-seven (75%) patients were on HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy), had CD4 cell count of < 350/mm3. Of 35 (39%) patients receiving efavirenz, 28 (80%) were men. The mean age was 37 (22-68) years. Neuropsychiatric adverse events were reported by 14 (40%) efavirenz cases. These symptoms resolved after the first four weeks; side effect did not results in cessation of the drug in any of the cases. Conclusion: Before initiating efavirenz therapy, all patients should be cautioned about the side effects of the drug to increase therapy adaptation, and they should be informed not to stop taking the drug without first consulting their physicians.

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Giriş: Efavirenz, birinci basamak antiretroviral tedavide tercih edilen, potent, güvenli, kullanımı kolay bir nonnükleozid revers transkriptaz inhibitörüdür. Hastaların yarısından fazlasında gözlenen nöropsikiyatrik semptomlar, efavirenzin en sık görülen yan etkisidir. Hastalar ve Metod: Bu retrospektif çalışmaya Ocak 2006-Mart 2009 tarihleri arasında hastanemiz infeksiyon hastalıkları ve klinik mikrobiyoloji.polikliniğinde izlenen yeni 89 HIV/AIDS olgusu alındı. Hastalara ait yaş, cinsiyet, CD4 hücre sayıları, antiretroviral tedaviler ve yan etkileri retrospektif olarak takip dosyalarından elde edildi. Bulgular: Seksen dokuz naiv HIV/AIDS hastası değerlendirildi. CD4 lenfosit sayıları 350/mm3'ün altında olan 67 (%75) hasta HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) almakta idi. Efavirenz tedavisi alan 35 (%39) hastanın 28 (%80)'i erkek, yaş ortalaması 37 (22- 68) idi. Efavirenz tedavisi alan 14 (%40) hastada nöropsikiyatrik yan etkiler gözlendi. Semptomlar tedavinin ilk dört haftasında geriledi ve hiçbir hasta yan etkiler nedeniyle tedaviyi sonlandırmadı. Sonuç: Efavirenz tedavisi başlanacak olan tüm hastalar, yan etkilere bağlı tedavinin kesilmesini önlemek ve tedavi uyumunu artırmak amacıyla efavirenz kullanımına bağlı gelişebilecek yan etkilerle ilgili uyarılmalıdır.

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KARAOSMANOĞLU, H. K., AYDIN, Ö. A., ÇEVİK, E., NAZLICAN, E. (2010). Neuropsychiatric side effects associated with efavirenz therapy in HIV/AIDS patients. Flora İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 15 - Sayı: 1, 24–27. https://ajindex.com/articles/224460

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