Generic name:rilpivirine [ RIL-pi-VIR-een ]
Drug class:NNRTIs
What is Edurant?
Edurant is an antiviral medicine that prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from multiplying in your body.
Edurant is used in combination with other antiviral medicines to treat HIV. Edurant is for use in adults and children at least 12 years old who weigh at least 77 pounds (35 kilograms) who have never before taken an HIV medicine and who have an amount of HIV-1 in their blood (this is called 'viral load') that is no more than 100,000 copies/mL. Edurant is not a cure for HIV or AIDS..
Edurant is sometimes used with a medicine called cabotegravir as a daily "lead-in dose" to help determine that you can safely use a combination form of these medicines given as a monthly injection. Edurant and cabotegravir may also be given short-term in place of the monthly injectable combination for up to 2 months. When used with cabotegravir for these purposes, Edurant is only for adults with HIV who have already used other antiviral medicines that have controlled their viral load.
Warnings
Before you take Edurant, tell your doctor if you have liver disease (including hepatitis B or C), kidney disease, a history of depression or mental illness, or if you have ever taken any HIV medication in the past.
Some medicines can interact with rilpivirine and should not be used at the same time. Tell each of your health care providers about all medicines you use now and any medicine you start or stop using.
Do not take Edurant as your only HIV medication. Rilpivirine must be used in combination with other HIV medicines that your doctor has prescribed.
Call your doctor at once if you have mood changes, anxiety, severe depression, feeling hopeless, or thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself.
Taking this medication will not prevent you from pa...
