Treatment non-responsiveness in depression following Efavirenz administration

Depression is found as a comorbid condition in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Antiretroviral drugs used for the treatment of such infection may result in emergent depression. One such antiretroviral drug is efavirenz (EFV). Induction or exacerbation of depression with EF...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Das, Subhash, Bhatia, Priyanka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7529184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062997
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_38_17
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Sumario:Depression is found as a comorbid condition in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Antiretroviral drugs used for the treatment of such infection may result in emergent depression. One such antiretroviral drug is efavirenz (EFV). Induction or exacerbation of depression with EFV has been reported in studies, which resolved after stopping EFV. We report a case of a 23-year-old male patient suffering from HIV for 5 years with treatment nonresponsive depressive symptoms due to EFV which improved after stopping it.

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