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•If you have kidney problems. You may need to take Emtriva less often.
•If you have any liver problems including Hepatitis B Virus infection.
•Tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions.
•Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take such as prescription and non-prescription medicines and dietary supplements. Keep a complete list of all the medicines that you take. Make a new list when medicines are added or stopped. Give copies of this list to all of your healthcare providers and pharmacist every time you visit or fill a prescription.
How should I take Emtriva?
•Take Emtriva by mouth exactly as your healthcare provider prescribed it. Follow the directions from your healthcare provider, exactly as written on the label.
•Dosing in adults: The usual dose of Emtriva is 1 capsule once a day.
•Dosing in children: The child's doctor will calculate the right dose of Emtriva (oral solution or capsule) based on the child's weight.
•Emtriva is always used with other anti-HIV-1 medicines.
•Emtriva may be taken with or without a meal. Food does not affect how Emtriva works.
•If you forget to take Emtriva, take it as soon as you remember that day. Do not take more than 1 dose of Emtriva in a day. Do not take 2 doses at the same time. Call your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you are not sure what to do. It is important that you do not miss any doses of Emtriva or your other anti-HIV-1 medicines.
•When your Emtriva supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider 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 time. The virus may develop resistance to Emtriva and become harder to treat.
•Stay under a healthcare provider's care when taking Emtriva. Do not change your treatment or stop treatment without first talking with your healthcare provider.
•If you take too much Emtriva, call your local poison control center or emergency room right away.
What should I avoid while taking Emtriva?
Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection.
•Do not share needles or other injection equipment.
•Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like toothbrushes or razor blades.
•Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safer sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom or other barrier to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
•Do not breastfeed. Emtriva can be passed to your baby in your breast milk. Also, mothers with HIV-1 should not breastfeed because HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in the breast milk.
What are the possible side effects of Emtriva?
Emtriva may cause the following serious side effects (See "What is the most important information I should know about Emtriva?"):
•lactic acidosis (buildup of an acid in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical emergency and may need to be treated in the hospital. Call your doctor right away if you get signs of lactic acidosis (See "What is the most important information I should know about Emtriva?").
•serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity), with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat in the liver (steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any signs of liver problems (See "
