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Clinical implications of stopping nevirapine‐based antiretroviral therapy: relative pharmacokinetics and avoidance of drug resistance
1 May 2004
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the pharmacokinetics of cessation of nevirapine (NVP) in order to design clinical protocols which will reduce the risk of resistance to nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). METHODS: In a case study, NNRTI genotypic resistance was demonstrated in a patient discontinuing therapy for toxicity. Subsequently, nine patients receiving NVP-containing antiretroviral regimens and...
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