REYATAZ Side Effects

As with any medication, you may experience some side effects with REYATAZ.

If you experience any side effects while on any HIV therapy, talk to your healthcare provider right away but do not stop taking REYATAZ without first talking to your healthcare provider.

The following side effects have been reported with REYATAZ:

• Heart rhythm change. Call your healthcare provider if you get dizzy or lightheaded. These could be symptoms of a heart problem.
• Mild Rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs in patients taking REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the medicine is started, and usually goes away within two weeks with no change in treatment.
• Severe Rash has occurred in a small number of patients taking REYATAZ. This type of rash is associated with other symptoms which could be serious and potentially cause death. If you develop a rash with any of the following symptoms, stop using REYATAZ and call your healthcare provider right away:
• –Shortness of breath
• –General ill-feeling or "flu-like" symptoms
• –Fever
• –Muscle or joint aches
• –Conjunctivitis (red or inflamed eyes, like "pink-eye")
• –Blisters
• –Mouth sores
• –Swelling of your face
• Yellowing of the skin or eyes. These effects may be due to increases in bilirubin levels in the blood. Call your healthcare provider if your skin or the white part of your eyes turn yellow. Although these effects may not be damaging to your liver, skin or eyes, it is important to tell your healthcare provider promptly if they occur.
• If you have liver disease, including hepatitis B or C, your liver disease may get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ.
• Kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. If you develop signs or symptoms of kidney stones (pain in your side, blood in your urine, pain when you urinate), tell your healthcare provider promptly.
• Diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) sometimes happens in patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients had diabetes before taking protease inhibitors while others did not. Some patients may need changes in their diabetes medicines.
• Changes in body fat. These changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck, breast, and around the trunk. Loss of fat from the legs, arms and face may also happen. The cause and long-term health effects of these conditions are not known at this time.
• Some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems with protease inhibitors like REYATAZ.

Other common side effects of REYATAZ include nausea, headache, stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, depression, fever, dizziness, trouble sleeping, numbness, tingling or burning of the hands or feet, and muscle pain. If you experience any of these, talk to your healthcare provider.

Gallbladder disorders (which include gallstones and gallbladder inflammation) have been reported in patients taking Reyataz.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take.

There are certain medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements you should not take with REYATAZ. Check with your healthcare provider.

*REYATAZ in combination therapy had a 1-3% rate of moderate-to-severe diarrhea.

†"Undetectable" is defined as a viral load that is too low to be picked up by a particular test.