Re:dizziness on Intelence+isentress

[Guest guest]

Hi all, I have been having dizziness and a 'spaced out'

feeling leading to some 'vague' moments since starting on Raltegravir

nearly a year ago, it hasn't passed but its not all the time....its

unpredictable and to be honest, when it happens in company its

embarrassing and when its outside my home I don't feel that safe......

My Clinician is aware of this, is taking it seriously, feeding back to

the drug company and I am now having neurological tests.... he is

asking me to consider Etravirine but I am loathe to do so because it

may make my neuropathy worse...

I take Pregabalin and Duloxotine (along with Carnitine) for the

neuropathy and since there has been no tests to see if Isentress is

contraindicated with those drugs, may be that is the problem...I also

take Truvada, Darunavir/Ritonovir

I know two other people on Isentress who are not of the same

demographic and they are also having the same side effects, though one

has only been on it for 3 months and the other for 6....

Best

[Guest guest]

Ive noticed occasional instances of dizziness, slight loss of

consciousness, been on isentress about six months. Will start paying

more attention to the frequency and duration. What is etravirine?

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> Hi all, I have been having dizziness and a 'spaced out' feeling leading

> to some 'vague' moments since starting on Raltegravir nearly a year

ago,

> it hasn't passed but its not all the time....its unpredictable and

to be

> honest, when it happens in company its embarrassing and when its

outside

> my home I don't feel that safe......

>

> My Clinician is aware of this, is taking it seriously, feeding back to

> the drug company and I am now having neurological tests.... he is

asking

> me to consider Etravirine but I am loathe to do so because it may make

> my neuropathy worse...

>

> I take Pregabalin and Duloxotine (along with Carnitine) for the

> neuropathy and since there has been no tests to see if Isentress is

> contraindicated with those drugs, may be that is the problem...I also

> take Truvada, Darunavir/Ritonovir

>

> I know two other people on Isentress who are not of the same

demographic

> and they are also having the same side effects, though one has only

been

> on it for 3 months and the other for 6....

>

> Best

>

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