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quo;s healthcare professional will decide the right dose based on the child’s weight or size. The dose should not exceed the recommended adult dose.
APTIVUS should not be used in children under 2 years of age.
APTIVUS comes in capsule and oral solution forms. You should swallow APTIVUS capsules whole. Do not chew the capsules.
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Do not change your dose or stop taking APTIVUS without talking with your healthcare professional.
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If you take too much APTIVUS, call your healthcare professional or poison control center right away.
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If you forget to take APTIVUS, take the next dose of APTIVUS, together with NORVIR® (ritonavir), as soon as possible. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed dose.
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It is very important to take all your anti-HIV medicines as prescribed and at the right times of day. This can help your medicines work better. It also lowers the chance that your medicines will stop working to fight HIV (drug resistance).
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When your APTIVUS supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare professional or pharmacy. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short period of time. The HIV virus may develop resistance to APTIVUS and become harder to treat. You should NEVER stop taking APTIVUS or your other HIV medicines without talking with your healthcare professional.
What are the possible side effects of APTIVUS?
APTIVUS may cause serious side effects, including:
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liver problems, including liver failure and death. Your healthcare professional should do blood tests to monitor your liver function during treatment with APTIVUS. Patients with liver diseases such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C may have worsening of their liver disease with APTIVUS and should have more frequent monitoring of blood tests.
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bleeding in the brain. This has occurred in patients treated with APTIVUS in clinical trials and can lead to permanent disability or death. Many of the patients experiencing bleeding in the brain had other medical conditions or were receiving other medications that may have caused or added to bleeding in the brain. Patients with hemophilia or another medical condition that increases the chance of bleeding, or patients taking medicines that may cause bleeding may have an increased chance of bleeding in the brain.
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rash. Rash, including flat or raised rashes or sensitivity to the sun, have been reported in approximately 10% of subjects receiving APTIVUS. Some patients who developed rash also had one or more of the following symptoms: joint pain or stiffness, throat tightness, generalized itching, muscle aches, fever, redness, blisters, or peeling of the skin. Women taking birth control pills may get a skin rash. If you develop any of these symptoms, stop using APTIVUS and call your healthcare professional right away.
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increased bleeding in patients with hemophilia. This can happen in patients taking APTIVUS or other protease inhibitor medicines.
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diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). This can happen in patients taking APTIVUS or other protease inhibitor medicines. Some patients have diabetes before starting treatment with APTIVUS which gets worse. Some patients get diabetes during treatment with APTIVUS. Some patients will need changes in their diabetes medicine. Some patients will need new diabetes medicine.
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increased blood fat (lipid) levels. Your healthcare professional should do bloo
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