Table 4.

cART medications associated with increased hyperlipidemia

NRTI class

Abacavir (including combination pill Epzicom and Trizivir), stavudine, zidovudine (including combination pill Combivir and Trizivir)

NNRTI class

Efavirenz (including combination pill Atripla)

PI classa

Lopinavir (including combination pill Kaletra), saquinavir, ritonavir,indinavir, nelfinavir, fosamprenavir

Stribild

Notes:

^aAtazanavir and darunavir are also associated with hyperlipidemia, but to a lesser extent as compared with the other PIs.

Abbreviations: NRTI, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; NNRTI, nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor; cART, combination antiretroviral therapy.