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Published on: January 7, 2019
Treatment non-responsiveness in depression following Efavirenz administration
Subhash Das1, Priyanka Bhatia2
1Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Abstract:
Depression is found as a comorbid condition in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Antiretroviral drugs used for the treatment of such infection may result in emergent depression. One such antiretroviral drug is efavirenz (EFV). Induction or exacerbation of depression with EFV has been reported in studies, which resolved after stopping EFV. We report a case of a 23-year-old male patient suffering from HIV for 5 years with treatment nonresponsive depressive symptoms due to EFV which improved after stopping it.
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