Safety and Tolerability of Antiretrovirals during Pregnancy

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Safety and Tolerability of Antiretrovirals during Pregnancy

Combination antiretroviral therapy (CART) dramatically decreases mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission (MTCT), but maternal adverse events are not infrequent. A review of 117 locally followed pregnancies revealed 7 grade 3 AEs possibly related to antiretrovirals, including 2 hematologic, 3 hepatic, and 2 obstetric cholestasis cases. A fetal demise was attributed to obstetric cholestasis, but no maternal deaths occurred. The drugs possibly associated with these AE were zidovudine, nelfinavir, lopina

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Tags: HIV Medication, Pregnancy, Retrovir, Viramune, Mortality, Safety, Event