Notes on taking this medication

• Take with a full meal (do not take without food)
• Edurant interacts with medicines for indigestion, heartburn, and ulcers, including medicines available over the counter; check with your medical provider before using these medicines
• Edurant can interact with other drugs; consult your medical provider
• Persons with kidney problems may need an adjustment to their doses of the component drugs, and have to take them separately, not as a single pill

Same side effects as

Edurant

• Depression, mood changes
• Nausea
• Rash
• Edurant has not been studied during pregnancy; tell your medical provider if you become pregnant while taking this drug

Viread

• Gassiness; abdominal discomfort; nausea; diarrhea
• Kidney impairment
• Viread is active against hepatitis B, and stopping it can cause "flare-up" of hepatitis B

Emtriva

• Skin discoloration (particularly in dark-skinned people)
• Emtriva is active against hepatitis B, and stopping it can cause "flare-up" of hepatitis B

See accompanying chart: Tips for Common Side Effects