What is EDURANT® (rilpivirine)?
What are EDURANT® (rilpivirine) and EDURANT® PED?
EDURANT® and EDURANT® PED are prescription medicines that are used with:
- other human immunodeficiency
virus-1 (HIV-1) medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in people 2
years
of age and older and who weigh at least 31 pounds (lbs) or 14 kilograms (kg) who:
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV):
The virus that causes AIDS.
- have never taken HIV-1 medicines before, and
- have an amount of HIV-1 in their blood (this is called ‘viral load’) that is no more than
100,000 copies/mL.
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EDURANT® is also used with oral VOCABRIA (cabotegravir) for short term treatment of HIV-1 infection
in people 12 years of age or older and who weigh at least 77 lbs (35 kg) when their healthcare
provider determines that they meet certain requirements.
HIV-1 is the virus that causes AIDS
(Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome).
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS):
A disease of the immune system caused by the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). When someone has AIDS, their CD4+ cells die. This exposes the body
to
life-threatening infections.
If you take EDURANT® in combination with oral VOCABRIA (cabotegravir), you should also read the
Patient Information that comes with oral VOCABRIA (cabotegravir).
It is not known if EDURANT® or EDURANT® PED is safe and effective in children less than 2 years of
age or who weigh less than 31 lbs (14 kg).