Drug details

Isentress (raltegravir tablets)

type of HIV, Integrase Inhibitors

Isentress (raltegravir) is an antiviral medication used to treat HIV, which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Isentress is not a cure for HIV or AIDS.

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,
  • loss of appetite,
  • dark urine,
  • vomiting,
  • diarrhea,
  • fever,
  • swollen glands,
  • night sweats,
  • shortness of breath,
  • weight loss,
  • stomach pain,
  • clay-colored stools,
  • chest pain,
  • rapid heart rate,
  • wheezing,
  • weakness,
  • skin pain,
  • mouth sores,
  • anxiety,
  • irritableness,
  • extreme tiredness,
  • loss of interest in sex,
  • impotence,
  • muscle pain, and
  • muscle or joint pain,
  • burning in your eyes,
  • tenderness
  • dry cough,
  • general ill feeling,
  • yellowing of the skin or eyes,
  • cold sores,
  • problems with balance or eye movement,
  • swelling in your neck or throat (enlarged thyroid),
  • prickly feeling,
  • sores on your genital or anal area,
  • menstrual changes,
The following drugs are related to Isentress, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Epzicom (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine tablets)
  • Aptivus (tipranavir)
  • Cabenuva (cabotegravir; rilpivirine extended-release injectable suspension)
  • Vocabria (cabotegravir tablets for oral use)
  • Tybost (cobicistat tablets)
  • Combivir (lamivudine, zidovudine)
  • Crixivan (indinavir sulfate)
  • Fulyzaq (crofelemer delayed-release tablets)
  • Cuvitru (immune globulin subcutaneous (human), 20% solution)
  • Prezista (darunavir)
  • Prezcobix (darunavir and cobicistat tablets)
  • Symtuza (darunavir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir  alafenamide tablets)
  • Rescriptor (delavirdine mesylate)
  • Delstrigo (doravirine, lamivudine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate tablets)
  • Videx EC (didanosine delayed-release capsules)
  • Videx (didanosine pediatric powder for oral solution)
  • Edurant (rilpivirine tablets)
  • Sustiva (efavirenz)
  • Fuzeon (enfuvirtide)
  • Epivir (lamivudine)
  • Lexiva (fosamprenavir calcium)
  • Foscavir (foscarnet sodium injection)
  • Temixys (lamivudine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate tablets)
  • Viracept (nelfinavir mesylate)
  • Viramune (nevirapine)
  • Norvir (ritonavir capsules, oral solution)
  • Norvir Soft Gelatin Capsules (ritonavir)
  • Retrovir (zidovudine)
  • Retrovir IV (zidovudine injection)