User

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
April 26, 2024, 06:00:06 pm

Login with username, password and session length


Forums Index

Stats

Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 773294
  • Total Topics: 66348
  • Online Today: 718
  • Online Ever: 5484
  • (June 18, 2021, 11:15:29 pm)
Users Online
Users: 0
Guests: 658
Total: 658

Search

Welcome


Welcome to the POZ Community Forums, a round-the-clock discussion area for people with HIV/AIDS, their friends/family/caregivers, and others concerned about HIV/AIDS.  Click on the links below to browse our various forums; scroll down for a glance at the most recent posts; or join in the conversation yourself by registering on the left side of this page.

Privacy Warning:  Please realize that these forums are open to all, and are fully searchable via Google and other search engines. If you are HIV positive and disclose this in our forums, then it is almost the same thing as telling the whole world (or at least the World Wide Web). If this concerns you, then do not use a username or avatar that are self-identifying in any way. We do not allow the deletion of anything you post in these forums, so think before you post.

  • The information shared in these forums, by moderators and members, is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between an individual and his/her own physician.

  • All members of these forums are, by default, not considered to be licensed medical providers. If otherwise, users must clearly define themselves as such.

  • Forums members must behave at all times with respect and honesty. Posting guidelines, including time-out and banning policies, have been established by the moderators of these forums. Click here for “Do I Have HIV?” posting guidelines. Click here for posting guidelines pertaining to all other POZ community forums.

  • We ask all forums members to provide references for health/medical/scientific information they provide, when it is not a personal experience being discussed. Please provide hyperlinks with full URLs or full citations of published works not available via the Internet. Additionally, all forums members must post information which are true and correct to their knowledge.

  • Product advertisement—including links; banners; editorial content; and clinical trial, study or survey participation—is strictly prohibited by forums members unless permission has been secured from POZ.

To change forums navigation language settings, click here (members only), Register now

Para cambiar sus preferencias de los foros en español, haz clic aquí (sólo miembros), Regístrate ahora

Finished Reading This? You can collapse this or any other box on this page by clicking the symbol in each box.
« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Stribild - Genvoya & severe insomnia  (Read 2843 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Georgie

  • Member
  • Posts: 3
Stribild - Genvoya & severe insomnia
« on: February 17, 2017, 04:55:23 pm »
I experienced really bad insomnia as well but it was weird it happened 6 months later while on Stribilb. My doctor switched me to Genvoya. I've been feeling really tired. I tried switching my Genvoya to the AM and even PM my insomnia was gone however it came back when I started Zoloft. I'm going to ask if I could switch to Triumeq.
Logged

Offline Jim Allen

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 22,389
  • Threads: @jim16309
    • Social Media: Threads
Re: Stribild - Genvoya & severe insomnia
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2017, 08:58:03 pm »
Hi

Georgie, I moved your into its own thread for you.
Sorry to hear your having insomnia problems ad I hoe its resolved soon for you.

So you switched from Stribild (cobicistat / elvitegravir / emtricitabine / tenofovir) to Genvoya (cobicistat / elvitegravir / emtricitabine / tenofovir alafenamide) and kept the Zoloft right

Ill be honest its not much of a change as both drugs are nearly identical, both of them also have a moderate interaction warning with Zoloft.

I had a quick look and Zoloft seems to be pretty well know to keep people up at night, that combined with the interaction warning that Cobicistat found in Stribild & Genvoya increases the blood levels and effects of Zoloft and you experiencing the issue may be a bit of a red flag.

If I was you I would go back and talk to the doctor about the problem and the side effects/interaction notes and see what they say about perhaps switching out Zoloft with something that does not interact with your HIV meds or cause insomnia or if that is not possible than an alternative solution to treat the insomnia and a possible HIV med switch to something that does interact with Zoloft.

Anyhow whatever you do, I wish you all the best with this and hope its resolved soon so you can sleep again.

Jim

Quote
There have been many clinical trials involving Zoloft to ensure safety and accurate information. In these studies up to twenty eight percent of patients experience insomnia or sleep issues while taking Zoloft.

Source: Zoloft and Insomnia (Sertraline) - Drugsdb.com http://www.drugsdb.com/rx/zoloft/zoloft-and-insomnia/#ixzz4YztLyhAX

https://www.drugs.com/interactions-check.php?drug_list=3729-17937,2057-1348



Logged
HIV 101 - Everything you need to know
HIV 101
Read more about Testing here:
HIV Testing
Read about Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) here:
HIV TasP
You can read about HIV prevention here:
HIV prevention
Read about PEP and PrEP here
PEP and PrEP

My Instagram
Threads
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Terms of Membership for these forums
 

© 2024 Smart + Strong. All Rights Reserved.   terms of use and your privacy
Smart + Strong® is a registered trademark of CDM Publishing, LLC.