14.3
Non-standard (NS) ART regimens
Clinical HIV Guidelines, 5th Edition, 2022. Chapter 14, Understanding ART regimens and formulations.
Clinical description
- Only expert ART clinicians can initiate NS regimens.
- Patients with multiple contraindications and/or adverse reactions against all standard NRTIs (TDF,
AZT, ABC) or NNRTIs (EFV) may need a NS regimen.
- Consider ATV/r or LPV/r for substitution of DTG, and EFV.
- Contact the DHA for availability of non-standard ARVs (see section 26 on page 126).
o Provide patient history, indication and proposed regimen.
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