Stribild

Uses of Stribild

Stribild is a tablet containing a combination of cobicistat, elvitegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir. Cobicistat reduces the action of enzymes in your liver that break down certain antiviral medicines. This allows the antiviral medicines to be used more safely and effectively at lower doses.

Elvitegravir, emtricitabine and tenofovir are antiviral medicines that prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from multiplying in your body. HIV can cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Stribild is a combination medicine used to treat HIV in adults and children who are at least 12 years old and who weigh at least 55 pounds (25 kilograms).

Stribild is not a cure for HIV or AIDS.

Precautions and Warnings

Tell your doctor about all your current medicines and any you start or stop using. Many drugs can interact, and some drugs should not be used together.

Do not stop using Stribild without your doctor’s advice. Get your prescription refilled before you run out of medicine completely.

If you’ve ever had hepatitis B, it may become active or get worse after you stop using Stribild. You may need frequent liver function tests for several months.

Many drugs can interact with cobicistat, elvitegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir and some should not be used at the same time. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you use.

To make sure Stribild is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have ever had:

• hepatitis B or other liver problems; or
• kidney disease.

You may develop lactic acidosis, a dangerous build-up of lactic acid in your blood. Ask your doctor about your risk.

Stribild may not work as well if you take it during pregnancy. Do not start taking the medicine if you are pregnant. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant.

If you plan to get pregnant, ask your doctor for another antiviral medicine to use during pregnancy. To prevent HIV in a newborn baby, use all medications to control your infection during pregnancy. Your name may be listed on an antiviral pregnancy registry.

If you do not plan to get pregnant, ask your doctor about using a non-hormonal birth control (condom, diaphragm, cervical cap, or contraceptive sponge) to prevent pregnancy. Stribild can increase certain side effects when taken with hormonal birth control (pills, injections, implants, skin patches, vaginal rings).

Women with HIV should not breastfeed. The virus can pass to your baby in your breast milk.

Dosage

Take this medication by mouth with food as directed by your doctor, usually once daily.

It is very important to keep taking this medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Do not skip any doses.

Take this medication at least 2 hours before or 2 hours after taking other products that may make it work less well.

Side Effects

Common side effects:

• Diarrhea,
•  headache,
• dizziness,
• trouble sleeping,
• unusual dreams,
• back pain,
• change in the color of skin on your palms or soles of your feet