Drug details

Apretude (cabotegravir extended-release injectable suspension)

type of HIV, Integrase Inhibitors

Apretude (cabotegravir extended-release injectable suspension) is an HIV-1 integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) indicated in at-risk adults and adolescents weighing at least 35 kg for PrEP to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection. Individuals must have a negative HIV-1 test prior to initiating APRETUDE (with or without an oral lead-in with oral cabotegravir) for HIV-1 PrEP.

The drug is often used to treat HIV .

This drug may have the following side effects:

• clay-colored stools, and
• yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice)
• nausea,
• vomiting,
• muscle or joint pain,
• loss of appetite,
• anxiety,
• fever,
• restlessness,
• hives, 
• difficulty breathing, 
• swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat, 
• extreme tiredness, 
• feeling unwell, 
• blisters or sores in or around your mouth, 
• red or puffy eyes, 
• swelling in your face or mouth, 
• unusual mood changes, 
• sadness, 
• hopelessness, 
• stomach pain (upper right side), 
• dark urine, 

The following drugs are related to Apretude, either as a replacement or used together:

• Aptivus (tipranavir)
• Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate)
• Cabenuva (cabotegravir; rilpivirine extended-release injectable suspension)
• Prezista (darunavir)
• Dovato (dolutegravir and lamivudine tablets)
• Pifeltro (doravirine tablets)
• Tivicay (doutegravir 50mg tablets)
• Edurant (rilpivirine tablets)
• Sustiva (efavirenz)
• Genvoya (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide tablets)
• Emtriva (emtricitabine)
• Epivir (lamivudine)
• Epivir-HBV (lamivudine tablets and oral solution)
• Intelence (etravirine tablets)
• Lexiva (fosamprenavir calcium)
• Rukobia (fostemsavir extended-release tablets)
• Trogarzo (ibalizumab-uiyk injection)
• Selzentry (maraviroc)
• Viramune (nevirapine)
• Viramune XR (nevirapine extended-release tablets, for oral use)
• Norvir (ritonavir capsules, oral solution)
• Norvir Soft Gelatin Capsules (ritonavir)
• Retrovir (zidovudine)
• Retrovir IV (zidovudine injection)
• Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)