Drug details

Epivir (lamivudine)

type of HIV, NNRTIs, Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Agents

Epivir (lamivudine) is an antiviral medication used to treat HIV, which causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Epivir is not a cure for HIV or AIDS. The Epivir-HBV brand of lamivudine is used to treat chronic hepatitis B.
Epivir-HBV should not be used in people who are infected with both hepatitis B and HIV. Epivir is available in generic form.

The drug is often used to treat HIV .

This drug may have the following side effects:

• nausea,
• headache,
• dizziness,
• diarrhea,
• cough,
• trouble sleeping,
• tired feeling,
• runny or stuffy nose, or

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

• Kivexa (abacavir and lamivudine film-coated tablets)
• Ziagen (abacavir sulfate)
• Trizivir (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine, and zidovudine)
• Triumeq (abacavir, dolutegravir, and lamivudine film-coated tablets)
• Apretude (cabotegravir extended-release injectable suspension)
• Trisenox (arsenic trioxide injection)
• Baraclude (entecavir)
• BayHep B (hepatitis b immune globulin (human))
• Cabenuva (cabotegravir; rilpivirine extended-release injectable suspension)
• Vocabria (cabotegravir tablets for oral use)
• Casporyn (neomycin optic suspension)
• Combivir (lamivudine, zidovudine)
• Crixivan (indinavir sulfate)
• Fulyzaq (crofelemer delayed-release tablets)
• Cuvitru (immune globulin subcutaneous (human), 20% solution)
• Prezcobix (darunavir and cobicistat tablets)
• Symtuza (darunavir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir  alafenamide tablets)
• Viekira XR (dasabuvir, ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir extended-release tablets)
• Rescriptor (delavirdine mesylate)
• Delstrigo (doravirine, lamivudine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate tablets)
• Descovy (emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide tablets)
• Videx EC (didanosine delayed-release capsules)
• Videx (didanosine pediatric powder for oral solution)
• Juluca (dolutegravir and rilpivirine tablets, for oral use)
• Pifeltro (doravirine tablets)
• Tivicay (doutegravir 50mg tablets)
• Dutrebis (lamivudine and raltegravir film-coated tablets)
• Edurant (rilpivirine tablets)
• Sustiva (efavirenz)
• Egrifta SV (tesamorelin for injection)
• Vitekta (elvitegravir tablets)
• Genvoya (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide tablets)
• Emtriva (emtricitabine)
• Odefsey (emtricitabine, rilpivirine, and tenofovir alafenamide fixed-dose combination tablets)
• Engerix-B (hepatitis b vaccine recombinant)
• Lexiva (fosamprenavir calcium)
• Mavyret (glecaprevir and pibrentasvir)
• PreHevbrio (hepatitis b vaccine (recombinant) injectable suspension)
• Nabi-HB (hepatitis b vaccine recombinant)
• Hivid (zalcitabine)
• Isentress (raltegravir tablets)
• Kaletra Capsules (lopinavir, ritonavir capsules)
• Temixys (lamivudine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate tablets)
• Sunlenca (lenacapavir tablets and injection)
• Prevymis (letermovir tablets)
• Selzentry (maraviroc)
• Nebupent (pentamidine isethionate)
• Viramune (nevirapine)
• Viramune XR (nevirapine extended-release tablets, for oral use)
• Penicillin G Procaine (penicillin procaine injection)
• Retrovir (zidovudine)
• Retrovir IV (zidovudine injection)
• Trobicin (spectinomycin)
• Zerit (stavudine)
• Tyzeka (telbivudine)

The following supplements are related to Epivir, 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.)
• Taurine (s.)
• Schisandra (s.)