Study to monitor the adverse effects by different HAART regimens in HIV patients with tuberculosis

Authors

  • Radhey Shyam Department of Pharmacology, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Arpita Singh Department of Pharmacology, GMC, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Dheeraj Kumar Singh Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Ajay Kumar Verma Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Pratap Shankar Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Sachin Tutu Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Rakesh Kumar Dixit Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20164762

Keywords:

Antiretroviral regimens, AIDS, CD4 count, HAART, Seropositive

Abstract

Background: In the modern era, AIDS is not less than a disaster for the human race. More than two-third of HIV-infected individuals have an associated infectious pulmonary disease. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is more virulent than most of other opportunistic pathogen causing latent infection. HIV is characterized by a profound immunodeficiency resulting from a progressive, quantitative and qualitative deficiency of the subset of CD4 T lymphocytes referred to as helper T cells leading to the patient at high risk of developing a variety of opportunistic infections. At present AIDS is incurable but some of the drugs have shown to decrease the mortality and morbidity of the disease. These are called as Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART). However, these drugs are associated with a significant number of side effects. This work has been conducted in order to study the demographic profile of HIV patients with TB and monitor the adverse effects of different HAART regimens among them.

Methods: A total of 3078 patients screened for the study. Those who were diagnosed with HIV were enrolled. Pretreatment parameters like, CD4, CD8 + lymphocyte count and their ratio, haemogram etc. were recorded. Patients were divided into four groups and were started with different HAART regimens. They were monitored regularly for the appearance of any adverse effects.

Results: The prevalence of HIV sero-positivity was found to be 3.60%. Out of them, 71.18% were males and 28.82% were females. The highest prevalence (43.29%) was in the age group of 21-50 years. The sero-positive rate was found more in married males as compared to married females and unmarried cases. Side effects were present in all the groups. The most common side effect was GI intolerance and was most frequent in Group I. Anemia and neutropenia occurred in the Zidovudine containing groups (group I, III and IV). Peripheral neuropathy occurred most commonly in cases of Group II. Rashes occurred in nevirapine containing groups. Liver function derangement was noticed more in group I and II. 71.4% of patients on HAART regimen showed improvement in symptoms while 28.57% did not show any improvement.

Conclusions: The prevalence of HIV sero-positivity in our study was 3.60%. The rate of sero-positivity was more in males as compared to females while it was highest in the individuals of 21-50 years of age. The most common side effect was GI intolerance and was most frequent in Group I. Anemia and neutropenia occurred most frequently in Zidovudine containing groups. Peripheral neuropathy occurred most commonly in cases of Group II (Stavudine + Lamivudine + Nevirapine). Deranged lipid profile was found to occur due to indinavir in patients of Group IV. After starting on HAART regimens, 74.4% showed significant improvement in symptoms.

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2016-12-24

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Shyam, R., Singh, A., Singh, D. K., Verma, A. K., Shankar, P., Tutu, S., & Dixit, R. K. (2016). Study to monitor the adverse effects by different HAART regimens in HIV patients with tuberculosis. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 6(1), 108–112. https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20164762

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