APPROVED DOSAGE:
Six cream 200mg capsules three times a day.
EXPERIMENTAL DOSAGE:
With 400mg ritonavir, take two 200mg capsules of Fortovase twice a day.
WITH NELFINAVIR:
Take five nelfinavir 250mg tablets and six 200mg capsules of Fortovase twice a day.
TWICE ADAY DOSE:
8 eight capsules twice a day.
STORAGE:
Store Fortovase at room temperature (below 25 degrees) for up to three months.
CHILDREN:
Fortovase not available to children.
TIPS ON TAKING:
Take within two hours of food.
COMMON SIDE-EFFECTS:
Diarrhoea, stomach pain, nausea, lipodystrophy and metabolic disorders.
RARE SIDE-EFFECTS:
Diabetes.
RESISTANCE TO SAQUINAVIR:
May mean resistance to nelfinavir, indinavir and ritonavir.
KEY DRUG INTERACTIONS:
Do not take with rifampicin, rifabutin, astemizole, terfenadine, cisapride.
NOTE:
Careful monitoring and dose adjustments may be needed if taking saquinavir with many other drugs including: NNRTIs, methadone, anti-arrhythmics, some anti-depressants, some anti-convulsants, some lipid-lowering drugs, dapsone, ergotamine, dihydroergotamine, dexamethasone, viagra. If combined with ritonavir, drug interactions may change.
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