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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Nephrol. 2008 Nov;28(6):556–562. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.08.008

Table 2.

Antiretroviral Nephrotoxicity and Dose Adjustment in Acute Kidney Injury

Antiretroviral Drug Class Reported Nephrotoxicity Dose Adjustment in Acute Kidney Injury

Protease inhibitors Crystalluria/ obstruction None
   Indinavir    Maintain hydration with indinavir, atazanavir
   Atazanavir
   Case reports with other agents
Interstitial nephritis
   Indinavir
Enhanced nucleotide toxicity?
   Ritonavir

Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors Lactic acidosis Estimated GFR<50
   Especially didanosine    Exceptions: abacavir (none), zidovudine (GFR<10)
Enhanced nucleotide toxicity
   Didanosine
Rare reports of AKI

Nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors Proximal tubulopathy Estimated GFR<50
Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
AKI

Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors Rare reports of AKI None
   Limited data for etravirine

Fusion inhibitors Single case of MPGN None
   Enfurvitide    Limited data

Integrase inhibitor Rare reports of AKI None

AKI=acute kidney injury; MPGN=membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis