7205 days
7205 days. That’s how long I took Sustiva.
My doctor is switching me to bictegravir. It’s available in combination with two other medications I’m already taking — tenofovir alafenamide and emtricitabine — in one convenient daily dose.
Nearly 237 months. That’s how long I have gladly accepted the neurological side effects of Sustiva. Could it have affected my relationships? My job performance? Who knows. I was just so happy to be off indinavir sulfate (Crixivan). I remember telling my physician at the time: I don’t care if Sustiva leaves me baked for half the day. I’m done with the nausea and eight-hour dosing windows of indinavir. It had been three years (1997 – 2000) and the demands of the cocktail’s regime were taking a toll. I can’t remember exactly how many pills it was per day. I can tell you that it was a lot.
19 years, 8 months, and 23 days. Long enough to see it become available in generic format. In 2000, it cost about $449 CAD per month. In 2019, that monthly cost is down to about $129 CAD. Thank God for prescription drug coverage.
4 February 2000 – 26 October 2019. Time to move on. Thanks for helping keep me alive, Sustiva.
My doctor is switching me to bictegravir. It’s available in combination with two other medications I’m already taking — tenofovir alafenamide and emtricitabine — in one convenient daily dose.
Nearly 237 months. That’s how long I have gladly accepted the neurological side effects of Sustiva. Could it have affected my relationships? My job performance? Who knows. I was just so happy to be off indinavir sulfate (Crixivan). I remember telling my physician at the time: I don’t care if Sustiva leaves me baked for half the day. I’m done with the nausea and eight-hour dosing windows of indinavir. It had been three years (1997 – 2000) and the demands of the cocktail’s regime were taking a toll. I can’t remember exactly how many pills it was per day. I can tell you that it was a lot.
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4 February 2000 – 26 October 2019. Time to move on. Thanks for helping keep me alive, Sustiva.
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