Delavirdine Mesylate and Didronel

• Generic Name: delavirdine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Rescriptor

Treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults; usually used in conjunction with 2 HIV nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs).

Experts state delavirdine not recommended for initial treatment regimens in antiretroviral-naive adults because of inferior virologic efficacy and inconvenient dosing regimen.

Data insufficient comparing delavirdine regimens to the preferred 3-drug regimens for initial treatment in antiretroviral-naive adults; consider that the proportion of clinical study patients responding to regimen of delavirdine and 2 NRTIs with sustained plasma HIV-1 levels <400 copies/mL over 1 year has been relatively low.

• Generic Name: etidronate
• Dosage Forms: tablet
• Other Brand Names: Didronel, Didronel IV.

Didronel (etidronate) is a bisphosphonate medicine that alters bone formation and breakdown in the body. This can slow bone loss and may help prevent bone fractures.

Didronel is used to treat Paget's disease of bone.

Didronel is also used to treat conditions of irregular bone growth due to total hip replacement or spinal cord injury.