Nelfinavir Mesylate and Vaqta

• Generic Name: nelfinavir
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Viracept

Treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults, adolescents, and pediatric patients ≥2 years of age; usually used in conjunction with 2 HIV nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs).

Experts state nelfinavir not recommended for initial treatment regimens in antiretroviral-naive adults and adolescents because of inferior virologic efficacy and high incidence of diarrhea.

For initial treatment in antiretroviral-naive pediatric patients, experts state nelfinavir in conjunction with 2 NRTIs can be considered in children ≥2 years of age, but only in special circumstances when preferred or alternative regimens cannot be used. Safety and efficacy not established in those <2 years of age, and not recommended in this age group because of insufficient data.

• Generic Name: hepatitis a adult vaccine
• Dosage Forms: injection, suspension
• Other Brand Names: Havrix, Vaqta

Hepatitis is a serious disease caused by a virus. Hepatitis causes inflammation of the liver, vomiting, and jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes). Hepatitis can lead to liver cancer, cirrhosis, or death.

Hepatitis A is spread through contact with the stool (bowel movements) of a person infected with the hepatitis A virus. This usually occurs by eating food or drinking water that has become contaminated as a result of handling by an infected person.

The Vaqta is used to help prevent this disease in adults.

This vaccine works by exposing you to a small amount of the virus, which causes the body to develop immunity to the disease. This vaccine will not treat an active infection that has already developed in the body.

Vaccination with Vaqta is recommended for all adults who travel in certain areas of the world where hepatitis A is a common disease.

Other risk factors for hepatitis include: being a homosexual male; having chronic liver disease; using intravenous (IV) drugs; receiving treatment for hemophilia or other bleeding disorders; working in a research laboratory or around animals (especially monkeys) where you may be exposed to the hepatitis A virus; or being in an area where there has been an outbreak of hepatitis A.

Like any vaccine, the hepatitis A vaccine may not provide protection from disease in every person.