Isentress
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Active Ingredient: raltegravir
Product Overview
About Isentress
Isentress is a prescription medicine.
What it is used for
Isentress is used in combination with other HIV medicines to reduce the amount of HIV in the blood and keep it at a low level.
How it is used
Isentress can only be obtained with a prescription and treatment should be started by a doctor who has experience in the management of HIV infection. The medicine is available as tablets to be swallowed (400 and 600 mg), chewable tablets (25 and 100 mg) and sachets containing granules for an oral suspension (each sachet containing 100 mg). The granules are to make a mixture for babies and children to drink, the chewable tablets are for bigger children, and the 400- and 600-mg tablets are for different dose regimens in older children and adults, as recommended by the doctor. Equivalent doses of these different forms do not all produce the same levels of raltegravir in the body, so they must not be used interchangeably.
How it works
The active substance in Isentress, raltegravir, is an integrase inhibitor. It blocks an enzyme called integrase, which is involved in a step in the reproduction of HIV. When the enzyme is blocked, the virus cannot reproduce normally, slowing down the spread of infection.
Active substance: raltegravir
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