The nurse caring for a client who has been prescribed the antiretroviral medication emtricitabine explains that the advantages of this medication include:
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. once-daily dosing.
2. once-weekly dosing.
3. fewer adverse effects.
4. can be taken with concurrent HBV infection.
5. safe for pregnant women with HIV.
Correct Answer: 1,3,5
Rationale 1: This medication should be taken once a day, which increases compliance.
Rationale 2: This medication must be taken once daily.
Rationale 3: This medication is associated with fewer adverse effects than other antiretroviral medication.
Rationale 4: This medication cannot be taken in clients with HBV infections.
Rationale 5: This medication is pregnancy category B and is safe to take during pregnancy.
Global Rationale: Emtricitabine has the advantage of once-daily dosing and fewer adverse effect. It carries a black box warning that it should not be administered to patients coinfected with HBV because severe exacerbations of HBV symptoms may occur after discontinuation of emtricitabine. Emtricitabine is one of the preferred drugs for initial HIV therapy. This drug is pregnancy category B.
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