Generic for Descovy

Important Note: Prescription is required to buy Generic for Descovy.

Descovy a combination of two anti-HIV medicines Emtricitabine 200mg and Tenofovir Alafenamide 25mg. It is an antiretrovirals – Nucleoside and Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs) which is used to treat HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus that can cause AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). It helps control HIV infection so your immune system can work better.

Why Descovy prescribe?

Descovy is a combination of two antiretroviral medicines, Emtricitabine 200mg and Tenofovir Alafenamide 25mg which is used in the treatment of HIV infection along with some other medications and popularly known as PrEP.

How Descovy Works?

Descovy belongs to a group of medicines called anti-retrovirals. This is a combination of two medicines: Emtricitabine and Tenofovir alafenamide. Emtricitabine and tenofovir are in a class of medications called nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). Emtricitabine interrupts the virus life cycle by inhibiting a crucial enzyme called HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Tenofovir alafenamide is converted to tenofovir diphosphate which gets incorporated into viral DNA, resulting in the inhibition of HIV replication.

Descovy is not a cure for HIV/AIDS, this only helps to decrease the amount of HIV in your body and reduce the risk of getting HIV-related complications and improves your lifespan. Taking these medications along with practicing safer sex and making other lifestyle changes may decrease the risk of getting or transmitting the HIV virus to other people.

What dosage and forms is Descovy available in?

Descovy comes in a tablet form and is available in strength of 200/25mg.

Do you need a prescription to buy Descovy?

Descovy is a prescription medicine. A valid prescription written from your doctor is required to buy Descovy 200/25mg.

How to use Descovy Tablet?

Descovy is a prescription medicine and should be taken as advised by your doctor.

• This medicine comes in tablet form to take by mouth.
• Swallow it as a whole and don’t chew or crush or break it.
• Take medicine in time as per the prescription written by your doctor.
• Take medicine daily at the same time.
• Do not take more or less dose than prescribed by your doctor.
• Do not skip any doses and finish the full course of treatment even if you feel better.

What are the Common Side Effects of Descovy?

Descovy may cause some side effects. Common side effects of Descovy are:

• Headache,
• Diarrhea,
• Nausea,
• Dizziness,
• Difficulty in Sleeping,
• Rashes,
• Vomiting,
• Loss of Appetite
• Stomach Pain,
• Weakness
• Heartburn,
• Depression,
• Fatigue

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