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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011 Jul 7;20(12):1303–1310. doi: 10.1002/pds.2182

Table 2.

Distribution of retrospectively reported ADRs according to their suspected associated antiretroviral drugs in three HIV cohorts from the IeDEA West Africa collaboration, Abidjan, 2008.

Antiretroviral drugs(s) withdrawn
Stavudine Nevirapine Zidovudine Efavirenz Indinavir Stavudine+Nevirapine Zidovudine+Lamivudine Other drugs* Total

ADR retrospectively identified N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Peripheral neuropathy 57 (46.4) 19 (15.4) 8 (6.5) 10 (8.1) 5 (4.1) 8 (6.5) 3 (2.4) 13 (10.6) 123 (100)
Cutaneous reaction 19 (43.2) 2 (4.5) 4 (9.1) 4 (9.1) 11 (25.0) 3 (6.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.3) 44 (100)
Hematologic disorders 12 (60.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (15.0) 2 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (10.0) 1 (5.0) 20 (100)
Lipodystrophy 7 (36.8) 2 (10.5) 3 (15.8) 3 (15.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (15.8) 1 (5.3) 19 (100)
Central nervous disorders 7 (38.9) 5 (27.8) 3 (16.7) 1 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (11.0) 18 (100)
Gastrointestinal disorders 6 (33.2) 3 (16.7) 5 (27.8) 3 (16.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 18 (100)
Hepatic toxicity 5 (50.0) 1 (10.0) 2 (20.0) 1 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (10.0) 10 (100)
Cardiac toxicity 5 (83.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (16.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (100)
Other ADRs 6 (60.0) 2 (20.0) 1 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 10 (100)

Total 124/3323 34/2488 29/1831 25/2177 17/253 12/2374 8/1792 19* 268/5252

ART: Antiretroviral treatment. ADR: Adverse Drug Reaction.

*

Other drug(s) withdrawn: 7/2374 stavudine+lamivudine+nevirapine, 5/775 stavudine+efavirenz, 3/18 abacavir+didanosine, 2/3268stavudine+lamivudine, 2/88 abacavir.

Total number of withdrawn drugs: 268 of the 273 ADR-related treatment modifications for which the antiretroviral drug(s) withdrawn were notified in the medical charts.

Other ADRs: lactic acidosis, nephrotic syndrome, chest tightness, ocular lesion, diffuse pain.

total number of withdrawn drug(s)/total number of patient exposed to the antiretroviral drug(s) withdrawn, as multiple exposure to antiretroviral drugs is likely, the sum of these denominators is not equal to the total number of patients exposed.