Generic name:efavirenz [ e-FAV-ir-enz ]
Drug class:NNRTIs
What is Sustiva?
Sustiva is an antiviral medicine that prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from multiplying in your body.
Sustiva is used to treat HIV, the virus that can cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Sustiva is for adults and children who are at least 3 months old and weigh at least 8 pounds. This medicine is not a cure for HIV or AIDS.
Warnings
You should not use Sustiva if you also take elbasvir and grazoprevir (Zepatier) to treat hepatitis C.
Sustiva may cause serious psychiatric symptoms including confusion, severe depression, suicidal thoughts, aggression, extreme fear, hallucinations, or unusual behavior. Contact your doctor at once if you have any of these side effects, even if you have had them before.
Do not use efavirenz without telling your doctor if you are pregnant. It could harm the unborn baby. Use two forms of birth control, including a barrier form (such as a condom or diaphragm with spermicide gel) while you are taking this medicine, and for at least 12 weeks after your treatment ends. Tell your doctor if you become pregnant during treatment.
Taking Sustiva will not prevent you from passing HIV to other people. Talk with your doctor about safe methods of preventing HIV transmission during sex. Sharing drug or medicine needles is never safe, even for a healthy person.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use Sustiva if you are allergic to efavirenz, or if you also take elbasvir and grazoprevir (Zepatier) to treat hepatitis C.
Do not take with Atripla (combination efavirenz, emtricitabine, and
