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    Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Apr 15;38(8):e79-80. Epub 2004 Mar 26.

    Nucleoside analogues and mitochondrial toxicity.

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    Division of Antiviral Drug Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA. fleischerr@cder.fda.gov

    Abstract

    An evaluation of the US Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System identified that patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus and chronic hepatitis C virus who were treated with a regimen of ribavirin and didanosine, with or without stavudine, were at increased risk for events associated with mitochondrial toxicity, including fatal hepatic failure, peripheral neuropathy, pancreatitis, and symptomatic hyperlactatemia/lactic acidosis. In response, the US product labels for didanosine and ribavirin have been revised to caution clinicians against coadministration of these drugs.

    PMID:
    15095236
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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