Rilpivirine
Edurant is a prescription antiretroviral medication containing rilpivirine, used in combination with other HIV medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults and children 12 years and older. It is typically prescribed for treatment-naive patients with baseline viral load below a certain threshold. As an NNRTI, it helps control HIV infection by reducing the amount of virus in the blood.
Edurant is an HIV medication used with other antiretrovirals to treat HIV-1 infection in patients who have not previously received HIV treatment.
Key facts at a glance
- RxNorm
- 1102274
- Generic
- Edurant
- Class
- brand-name
- Brands
- —
- Availability
- rx
- Lactation
- unknown
- Routes
- —
- Forms
- —
- Regions
- US, EU, CN, JP
- Monitoring
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Treatment of HIV-1 infection in combination with other antiretroviral agents in treatment-naive patients 12 years and older with baseline viral load ≤100,000 copies/mL.
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI). Works by blocking the reverse transcriptase enzyme, which HIV needs to replicate, thereby reducing viral load and increasing CD4 cell counts.
Must be taken with a meal. Not recommended for patients with severe hepatic impairment. May cause depressive symptoms; patients should be monitored for psychiatric symptoms. Resistance may develop if taken alone or with incompatible antiretrovirals. Always used as part of combination therapy, never as monotherapy.
Official drug label
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