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How to Take TRUVADA

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Take TRUVADA exactly as your healthcare provider prescribed it. Follow the directions from your healthcare provider, exactly as written on the label.

The usual dose of TRUVADA is one tablet once a day. TRUVADA is always used with other anti-HIV-1 medicines. If you have kidney problems, you may need to take TRUVADA less often.

Who should not take TRUVADA?

  • Do not take TRUVADA if you are allergic to TRUVADA or any of its ingredients. The active ingredients of TRUVADA are emtricitabine and tenofovir DF. Click here for a complete list of ingredients.
  • Do not take TRUVADA if you are already taking ATRIPLA® (efavirenz 600 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir DF 300 mg), Combivir® (lamivudine/zidovudine), EMTRIVA (emtricitabine), Epivir® or Epivir-HBV® (lamivudine), Epzicom® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), Trizivir® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), or VIREAD (tenofovir DF) because these medicines contain the same or similar active ingredients.
  • Do not take TRUVADA to treat your HIV infection if you are also taking HEPSERA® (adefovir dipivoxil) to treat your HBV infection.

TRUVADA may be taken with or without a meal. Food does not affect how TRUVADA works. Take TRUVADA at the same time each day.

If you forget to take TRUVADA, take it as soon as you remember that day. Do not take more than one dose of TRUVADA in a day. Do not take two doses at the same time. Call your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you are not sure what to do. It is important that you do not miss any doses of TRUVADA or your anti-HIV-1 medicines.

When your TRUVADA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or pharmacy right away. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop resistance to TRUVADA and become harder to treat.

Do not change your dose or stop taking TRUVADA without first talking with your healthcare provider. Stay under a healthcare provider's care when taking TRUVADA.

If you take too much TRUVADA, call your local poison control center or emergency room right away.

Next: Treatment considerations when taking HIV meds

Patients should read the Patient Information, including "What is the most important information I should know about TRUVADA?". It is important that you discuss your treatment options and any questions that you may have with your healthcare provider.

Please read the Full Prescribing Information for TRUVADA, EMTRIVA, and VIREAD, including Boxed WARNINGS.

Please read the Full Prescribing Information for TRUVADA, ATRIPLA, EMTRIVA, and VIREAD, including Boxed WARNINGS.

*Synovate Healthcare Data; U.S. HIV Monitor, Q3, 2009.