Re: Prezista 300 mg tablet DISCONTINUED!!!

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WOW! I can't thank you enough for posting this! I just picked up my

regular prescriptions yesterday. When I read your post I went and

checked the label and sure enough I now had 600mg tablets with label

instructions indicating to take one tablet 2x's daily... not a word

about this from the pharmacy! The tablets are the same color as the

old ones, just a bit larger... had I not read your post I have no

doubt I would have taken 2 of the 600 mgs each dose for 15 days until

I ran out of pills and realized something was amiss.

You'd think they'd mention this change...

Thanks again!

>

> Hey all,

>

> Just an FYI that Prezista has been discontinued in the 300 mg tablet

> form.

>

> I have just gone round and round with my Dr office and my pharmacy

> trying to get a refill. The pharmacy said they could get a 400 mg not

> the 300 mg and my Dr said the 400 mg wasn't for me sine I am already on

> treatment. Neither one knew of the 300 mg being discontinued in

> advance.

>

> Prezista now only comes in two doses, a new 400 mg dosage(for treatment

> naive patients only) and a 600 mg tablet(which while available, no one

> seemed to know about other than the drug company Tibotec).

>

> If you have an existing prescription for two 300 mg twice a day, you

> may need to get a new prescription to get the new 600 mg tablet form.

>

> Just be prepared that the pharmacy and/or Dr may not know of this

> change!

>

> Be well!

>

> Barry

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