Dolutegravir and Diarrhea: What Users Say

• Ita...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• December 2, 2020

For HIV Infection "Been HIV+ for 14 years now, and my doctor just changed my medicine from Odefsey, which was working just fine, no side effects. And now I have been under Tivicay for 3 weeks, and I'm experiencing nightmares, I do not sleep, have diarrhea, and I'm feeling tired all the time. Not happy at all!"

• Tam...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 15, 2014

For HIV Infection "Started Tivicay and Epzicom on May 6th. Viral load was 200,000 and CD4 was 208. After 6 weeks, my viral load was 367 and CD4 was 337. Doctor said it was working very well, and I don't have to go back for labs until September. The first 2-3 weeks were pretty rough with diarrhea, headaches, and very low energy, but I'm feeling a bit better now. I was freaked out that the test did not come back as undetectable, but I asked my expert doctors and they said my results have been superb so far. I think people get hung up on being undetectable very quickly. If you start with a high viral load above, say, 100,000, it can take a few months to reach undetectable."

• Kev...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 19, 2017

For HIV Infection "I have been on Descovy + Tivicay for 2 weeks and have almost zero side effects, besides a little diarrhea for the first three days. I'm looking forward to my results in a week."