Drug details

Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)

type of HIV, NNRTIs

Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) is an antiretroviral drug that is indicated in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older. Viread is also used to treat chronic hepatitis B.

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,
• upper stomach pain,
• loss of appetite,
• dark urine,
• vomiting,
• diarrhea,
• fever,
• swollen glands,
• night sweats,
• shortness of breath,
• weight loss,
• tiredness,
• stomach pain,
• clay-colored stools,
• yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice),
• dizziness,
• wheezing,
• weakness,
• cough,
• unusual tiredness,
• sore throat,
• flu symptoms,
• little or no urination,
• menstrual changes, and
• swelling in your feet or ankles,
• feeling cold,
• cold sores,
• trouble speaking or swallowing,
• problems with balance or eye movement,
• swelling in your neck or throat (enlarged thyroid),
• impotence
• unusual muscle pain,
• prickly feeling,
• swelling around your midsection,
• irregular heart rate,
• easy bruising or unusual bleeding,
• painful or difficult urinating,

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

• Kivexa (abacavir and lamivudine film-coated tablets)
• Ziagen (abacavir sulfate)
• Epzicom (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine tablets)
• Trizivir (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine, and zidovudine)
• Hepsera (adefovir dipivoxil)
• Apretude (cabotegravir extended-release injectable suspension)
• Evotaz (atazanavir and cobicistat tablets for oral administration)
• Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate)
• Mepron (atovaquone)
• Baraclude (entecavir)
• BayHep B (hepatitis b immune globulin (human))
• Biaxin, Biaxin XL (clarithromycin)
• Cabenuva (cabotegravir; rilpivirine extended-release injectable suspension)
• Vocabria (cabotegravir tablets for oral use)
• Casporyn (neomycin optic suspension)
• Vistide (cidofovir)
• Prezista (darunavir)
• Symtuza (darunavir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir  alafenamide tablets)
• Delstrigo (doravirine, lamivudine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate tablets)
• Edurant (rilpivirine tablets)
• Egrifta (tesamorelin injection)
• Egrifta SV (tesamorelin for injection)
• Odefsey (emtricitabine, rilpivirine, and tenofovir alafenamide fixed-dose combination tablets)
• Engerix-B (hepatitis b vaccine recombinant)
• Epivir-HBV (lamivudine tablets and oral solution)
• Intelence (etravirine tablets)
• Mavyret (glecaprevir and pibrentasvir)
• PreHevbrio (hepatitis b vaccine (recombinant) injectable suspension)
• Nabi-HB (hepatitis b vaccine recombinant)
• Invirase (saquinavir mesylate)
• Kaletra Capsules (lopinavir, ritonavir capsules)
• Kaletra Tablets (lopinavir, ritonavir tablets)
• Sunlenca (lenacapavir tablets and injection)
• Prevymis (letermovir tablets)
• Selzentry (maraviroc)
• Norvir (ritonavir capsules, oral solution)
• Norvir Soft Gelatin Capsules (ritonavir)
• Penicillin G Procaine (penicillin procaine injection)
• Retrovir (zidovudine)
• Retrovir IV (zidovudine injection)
• Zerit (stavudine)

The following supplements are related to Viread, 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.)