• HIV infection:
    • Treatment-naïve patients:
      • 800mg + ritonavir 100mg OD OR cobicistat 150mg OD
    • Treatment-experienced without DRV resistance:
      • 800mg OD + ritonavir 100mg BD
    • Treatment-experienced with DRV resistance:
      • 600mg BD + ritonavir 100mg BD
    • Pregnant females:
      • 600mg BD + ritonavir 100mg BD
      • Consider 800mg OD + ritonavir 100mg in virally suppressed patients stable on regimen before pregnancy if compliance or tolerability concerns

Tablet:

  • 75mg
  • 150mg
  • 400mg
  • 600mg
  • 800mg
  • Taken whole with food

Protease inhibitor

It binds to the active site of HIV protease, preventing mature virus particle formation

  • Diarrhea
  • Nausea & vomiting
  • Headache
  • Rash
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Hypertriglyceridemia
  • Hyperamylasemia
  • Hyperlipasemia
  • Elevated ALT/AST
  • Hyperglycemia
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Abdominal pain
  • Asthenia
  • Anorexia
  • Lipodystrophy
  • Hypersensitivity to class/components
  • Pregnancy (concomitant cobicistat use)
  • Patients <3 years
  • Alfuzosin
  • Butabarbital
  • Butalbital
  • Carbamazepine
  • Cisapride
  • Colchicine
  • Dihydroergotamine
  • Dronedarone
  • Elbasvir
  • Ergotamine
  • Flibanserin
  • Fosphenytoin
  • Grazoprevir
  • Ivabradine
  • Lomitapide
  • Lonafarnib
  • Lovastatin
  • Lurasidone
  • Methylergonovine
  • Midazolam
  • Naloxegol
  • Pentobarbital
  • Phenobarbital
  • Phenytoin
  • Pimozide
  • Primidone
  • Ranolazine
  • Rifampin
  • Sildenafil
  • Simvastatin
  • Thioridazine
  • Tolvaptan
  • Triazolam

                          Drug Status

Availability Prescription only
Pregnancy Can be used
Breastfeeding B/feeding contraindicated
Schedule Not controlled
BRAND NAME STRENGTH FORMULATION PACK SIZE MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTOR
Darunavir 600mg Tablet 60’s Hetero Labs Unisel Ltd
Darunavir 600mg Tablet 60’s Laurus Labs Medisel Kenya
Darunavir 800mg Tablet 30’s Laurus Labs Medisel Kenya
Prezista 75mg Tablet 480’s Janssen-Cilag Phillips Therapeutics
Prezista 150mg Tablet 240’s Janssen-Cilag Phillips Therapeutics
Prezista 400mg Tablet 60’s Janssen-Cilag Phillips Therapeutics
Prezista 600mg Tablet 60’s Janssen-Cilag Phillips Therapeutics