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Table 4 ART choices in the setting of common co-prescriptions

From: HIV treatment regimens and adherence to national guidelines in Australia: an analysis of dispensing data from the Australian pharmaceutical benefits scheme

Patients who purchased medication for specified class of co-prescriptiona

N =1973b n (%)

Dyslipidemia (any lipid-lowering medication)

385 (19.5)

 Purchased protease inhibitorsc

112 (29.1)

  darunavir

71 (63.4)

  atazanavir

36 (32.1)

  r/lopinavir

9 (8.0)

  fosamprenavir

1 (0.8)

 Purchased efavirenz

60 (15.6)

 Purchased elvitegravir

42 (10.9)

 Purchased abacavir

135 (35.1)

Hypertension or hyperlipidemia or diabetes (at risk for cardiovascular disease)

574 (29.1)

Purchased any protease inhibitorc

155 (27.0)

  darunavir

93 (60.0)

  atazanavir

50 (32.3)

  r/lopinavir

12 (7.7)

  fosamprenavir

2 (1.3)

 Purchased elvitegravir

74 (12.9)

 Purchased abacavir

197 (34.3)

Hypertension or diabetes (at risk for renal disease)

413 (20.9)

 Purchased TDF

230 (55.7)

Osteoporosis or low bone mineral density

27 (1.4)

 Purchased tenofovir disoproxil fumarate

13 (48.1)

Mental illness

525 (26.6%)

 Purchased rilpivirine

79 (15.0)

 Purchased efavirenz

38 (7.2)

Diabetes

91 (4.6)

 Purchased protease inhibitorsc

33 (36.2)

 Purchased ritonavir-containing regimens

24 (26.3)

Proton pump inhibitors

281 (14.2)

 Purchased rilpivirine

15 (5.3)

 Purchased atazanavir

11 (3.9)

Oral contraceptives

12 (0.6)

 Purchased protease inhibitorsc

4 (33.3)

 Purchased efavirenz

3 (25.0)

 Purchased elvitegravir

1 (8.3)

Corticosteroids (oral and inhaled except beclomethasone)

179 (9.1)

 Purchased protease inhibitorsc

46 (25.7)

  1. aCo-prescriptions purchased within a month before or after the antiretroviral purchase were analysed
  2. bTwenty-two patients of the 1995 patients that purchased ART in 2016 died during 2016 and were excluded from this analysis
  3. cboosted with ritonavir or cobicistat or unboosted