Drug details

Retrovir (zidovudine)

type of HIV, NNRTIs

Retrovir (zidovudine) is an antiviral medication used to treat HIV, which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Retrovir is also given during pregnancy to prevent an HIV-infected woman from passing the virus to her baby. Retrovir is not a cure for HIV or AIDS. Retrovir is available in generic form.

The drug is often used to treat HIV .

This drug may have the following side effects:

• nausea,
• headache,
• vomiting,
• constipation,
• loss of appetite,
• trouble sleeping (insomnia),
• joint pain, and

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

• Ziagen (abacavir sulfate)
• Epzicom (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine tablets)
• Trizivir (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine, and zidovudine)
• Triumeq (abacavir, dolutegravir, and lamivudine film-coated tablets)
• Apretude (cabotegravir extended-release injectable suspension)
• Aptivus (tipranavir)
• Cabenuva (cabotegravir; rilpivirine extended-release injectable suspension)
• Vocabria (cabotegravir tablets for oral use)
• Combivir (lamivudine, zidovudine)
• Complera (emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate tablets)
• Crixivan (indinavir sulfate)
• 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)
• 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)
• Dutrebis (lamivudine and raltegravir film-coated tablets)
• Edurant (rilpivirine tablets)
• Sustiva (efavirenz)
• Egrifta (tesamorelin injection)
• Egrifta SV (tesamorelin for injection)
• Vitekta (elvitegravir tablets)
• Genvoya (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide tablets)
• Stribild (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, tenofovir df)
• Fuzeon (enfuvirtide)
• Epivir (lamivudine)
• Lexiva (fosamprenavir calcium)
• Hivid (zalcitabine)
• Isentress (raltegravir tablets)
• Megace (megestrol acetate)
• Viracept (nelfinavir mesylate)
• Viramune (nevirapine)
• Trobicin (spectinomycin)
• Zerit (stavudine)
• Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
• Valcyte (valganciclovir hcl)

The following supplements are related to Retrovir, 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.)