Drug details
Viracept (nelfinavir mesylate)
type of HIV, Protease Inhibitors
Viracept (nelfinavir mesylate) is a type of antiviral medication called a protease inhibitor used to treat HIV, which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Viracept 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,
- diarrhea,
- fever,
- swollen glands,
- night sweats,
- easy bruising,
- shortness of breath,
- weight loss,
- stomach pain,
- chest pain,
- blurred vision,
- dry mouth,
- rapid heart rate,
- wheezing,
- weakness,
- increased thirst,
- increased urination,
- fruity breath odor,
- mouth sores,
- drowsiness,
- anxiety,
- irritableness,
- hunger,
- unusual bleeding (nose, mouth, vagina, or rectum),
- dry skin,
- dry cough,
- cold sores,
- trouble speaking or swallowing,
- problems with balance or eye movement,
- swelling in your neck or throat (enlarged thyroid),
- prickly feeling,
- sores on your genital or anal area,
- severe lower back pain,
- loss of bladder or bowel control,
- menstrual changes,
- impotence, and
- loss of interest in sex
- purple or red pinpoint sports under your skin,
The following drugs are related to Viracept, either as a replacement or used together:
- Epzicom (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine tablets)
- Agenerase Capsules (amprenavir capsules)
- Aptivus (tipranavir)
- Evotaz (atazanavir and cobicistat tablets for oral administration)
- Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate)
- Atripla (efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
- Tybost (cobicistat tablets)
- Complera (emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate tablets)
- Crixivan (indinavir sulfate)
- Prezista (darunavir)
- Symtuza (darunavir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir  alafenamide tablets)
- Dutrebis (lamivudine and raltegravir film-coated tablets)
- Edurant (rilpivirine tablets)
- Sustiva (efavirenz)
- Vitekta (elvitegravir tablets)
- Fuzeon (enfuvirtide)
- Intelence (etravirine tablets)
- Lexiva (fosamprenavir calcium)
- HyperTET (tetanus immune globulin (human) injection)
- Invirase (saquinavir mesylate)
- Isentress (raltegravir tablets)
- Kaletra Capsules (lopinavir, ritonavir capsules)
- Kaletra Tablets (lopinavir, ritonavir tablets)
- Selzentry (maraviroc)
- Norvir (ritonavir capsules, oral solution)
- Norvir Soft Gelatin Capsules (ritonavir)
- Retrovir (zidovudine)
- Retrovir IV (zidovudine injection)
The following supplements are related to Viracept, 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.)