Abacavir Sulfate
Active Ingredients
- Abacavir Sulfate
Brands and Other Names
Manufacturers
- American Health Packaging
- Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Viiv Healthcare Co
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Explanation
The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.
The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.
The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
Abacavir Sulfate Side Effects
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* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.
Tell us about your Experience with Abacavir Sulfate
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Nausea, Lethargy
Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on August 16, 2013 @ 12:00 am
“... This one in combination with Reyataz and Norvir has brought my CD4 level up to 1100 and an undetectable viral load. I do have side effects from the 3 medications, such as nausea and lethargy, but I ta...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on March 16, 2013 @ 12:00 am
“I've used this since first diagnosed and starting HAART in 2004, and it's worked extremely well: my numbers have never been below 1200 since 3 months after stating it. I first used it with Sustiva, ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on March 12, 2013 @ 12:00 am
“I started taking Epzicom almost 2 years ago when I found out I had HIV. And my blood count has been going up and I have been feeling GREAT!”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By champanelady in drugs.com on December 17, 2010 @ 12:00 am
“Epzicom (abacavir / lamivudine) for HIV Infection: I just started this medication.. I do labs again in 3 weeks. We will see then. So far I have had no side effects.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on December 17, 2010 @ 12:00 am
“I just started this medication.. I do labs again in 3 weeks. We will see then. So far I have had no side effects.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in everydayhealth.com on November 20, 2010 @ 12:00 am
“It is a good treatment that supposedly does not cause lipoatrophy or dystrophy. It gives me cramps, no bloating. I find it best taken at bed. It may cause diabetes with long term use as my a1c hemoglo...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 4, 2009 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: I was on it for 3 years and found that it is extremely expensive to maintain along with availability issues (not as widely available as other drugs). I ended up swapping it out for AZT ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Nausea, Abdominal discomfort
Posted By Rino in fdb.rxlist.com on July 30, 2008 @ 12:00 am
“Took Ziagen in combination with Combivir for 6 1/2 years. Although it kept my viral load undetectable and t-cell count under control, the stomach problems and nausea were awful. Right along this com...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Abdominal discomfort, Oral pain, Respiration abnormal, Tenderness
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on July 15, 2008 @ 12:00 am
“I am undetectable so that alone is Great News. I am however experiancing diffaculty breathing ever sense I started this medicine. Its been a couple years now but the breathing has not got any be...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in everydayhealth.com on April 27, 2008 @ 12:00 am
“Works great. Take it once a day at bedtime. No side effects. Also taking Viramune twice a day. After 2 months VL has dropped from 318,000 to 750. CD4 is up from 374 to 649.”
Additional Drug Information
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* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.
User Voices
The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Abacavir Sulfate
Nausea
“... This one in combination with Reyataz and Norvir has brought my CD4 level up to 1100 and an undetectable viral load. I do have side effects from the 3 medications, such as nausea and lethargy, but I ta...”
Source: comments/abacavir-lamivudine/for-hiv-i...
View full report on Abacavir Sulfate related nausea
Did the author experience nausea while taking epzicom?
What is this?Lethargy
“ Epzicom , Reyataz AND Norvir triple combination. It is expensive, but ALL hiv medications are expensive and there are programs to help pay for the medicine if you have a low wage since most of these H...”
Source: comments/abacavir-lamivudine/for-hiv-i...
View full report on Abacavir Sulfate related lethargy
Did the author experience lethargy while taking epzicom?
What is this?Nausea
“Took Ziagen in combination with Combivir for 6 1/2 years. Although it kept my viral load undetectable and t-cell count under control, the stomach problems and nausea were awful. Right along this com...”
Source: Ziagen Oral : User Ratings covering us...
View full report on Abacavir Sulfate related nausea
Did the author experience nausea while taking ziagen?
What is this?