Drug details

Videx EC (didanosine delayed-release capsules)

type of HIV, NNRTIs

Videx EC (didanosine) is an antiviral medication used to treat HIV, which causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Videx EC is not a cure for HIV or AIDS. Videx EC is available in generic form.

The drug is often used to treat HIV .

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • hives,
  • difficulty breathing,
  • swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
  • nausea,
  • loss of appetite,
  • dark urine,
  • vomiting,
  • diarrhea,
  • fever,
  • swollen glands,
  • night sweats,
  • weight loss,
  • tiredness,
  • stomach pain,
  • yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice),
  • dizziness,
  • wheezing,
  • weakness,
  • cough,
  • menstrual changes, and
  • feeling cold,
  • vision changes,
  • bloody or tarry stools,
  • coughing up blood,
  • vomit that looks like coffee grounds,
  • fast or irregular heart rate,
  • cold sores,
  • trouble speaking or swallowing,
  • swelling in your neck or throat (enlarged thyroid),
  • impotence
  • unusual muscle pain,
  • prickly feeling,
  • upper stomach pain (may spread to your back),
  • numbness, tingling, or pain in your hands or feet,
  • problems with balance or eye movements,
The following drugs are related to Videx EC, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Epzicom (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine tablets)
  • Trizivir (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine, and zidovudine)
  • Triumeq (abacavir, dolutegravir, and lamivudine film-coated tablets)
  • Aptivus (tipranavir)
  • Evotaz (atazanavir and cobicistat tablets for oral administration)
  • Combivir (lamivudine, zidovudine)
  • Fulyzaq (crofelemer delayed-release tablets)
  • Cuvitru (immune globulin subcutaneous (human), 20% solution)
  • Prezista (darunavir)
  • Symtuza (darunavir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir  alafenamide tablets)
  • Descovy (emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide tablets)
  • Videx (didanosine pediatric powder for oral solution)
  • Dovato (dolutegravir and lamivudine tablets)
  • Sustiva (efavirenz)
  • Egrifta SV (tesamorelin for injection)
  • Genvoya (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide tablets)
  • Stribild (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, tenofovir df)
  • Emtriva (emtricitabine)
  • Odefsey (emtricitabine, rilpivirine, and tenofovir alafenamide fixed-dose combination tablets)
  • Fuzeon (enfuvirtide)
  • Epivir (lamivudine)
  • Famvir (famciclovir)
  • Lexiva (fosamprenavir calcium)
  • Rukobia (fostemsavir extended-release tablets)
  • Isentress (raltegravir tablets)
  • Kaletra Capsules (lopinavir, ritonavir capsules)
  • Sunlenca (lenacapavir tablets and injection)
  • Selzentry (maraviroc)
  • Megace (megestrol acetate)
  • Viramune (nevirapine)
  • Viramune XR (nevirapine extended-release tablets, for oral use)
  • Retrovir (zidovudine)
  • Retrovir IV (zidovudine injection)
  • Serostim (somatropin (rdna origin))
  • Zerit (stavudine)
The following supplements are related to Videx EC, and may be used together with the drug:
  • Coenzyme Q-10 (s.)
  • Glutamine (s.)
  • Hydroxymethylbutyrate (Hmb) (s.)
  • L-Arginine (s.)
  • Lentinan (s.)
  • Marijuana (s.)
  • Saccharomyces Boulardii (s.)
  • Same (s.)
  • Sangre De Grado (s.)
  • Vitamin A (s.)
  • Whey Protein (s.)