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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2019 Dec 6;19(1):23–41. doi: 10.1080/14740338.2020.1694901

Table 1:

Drug-drug interactions of antiretrovirals with rifampicin and rifabutin

Rifampicin Rifabutin
Antiretroviral Effect Dose adjustment and comments Effect Dose adjustment and comments
NNRTI
NVP ↓↓NVP Avoid concomitant use ↓RBT Can be co-administered with RBT 300 mg once daily
EFV ↓/= EFV EFV 600 mg can be co-administered without dose adjustments
Non-significant changes in EFV 400mg exposure in a small clinical PK study[35]
↓RBT Can be co-administered with RBT 450 mg once daily
RPV ↓↓RPV Avoid concomitant use ↓RPV Avoid concomitant use
When necessary, can be co-administered with RPV 50 mg once daily with caution (ECG monitoring due to risk of QT prolongation)
ETR ↓↓ETR Avoid concomitant use ↓ETR Can be co-administered without dose adjustments
Limited data available
DOR ↓↓DOR Avoid concomitant use ↓DOR Can be co-administered with DOR 100 mg twice daily
Limited data available derived only from PK studies
PI
LPV/r ↓↓LPV/r Avoid concomitant use ↑RBT Can be co-administered with RBT 150 mg once daily
Monitor closely due to potential increased RBT toxicity
ATV/r ↓↓ATV/r ↑RBT
DRV/r ↓↓DRV/r ↑RBT
Boosters
Cobi ↓↓Cobi Avoid concomitant use ↓↓Cobi Avoid concomitant use
INSTI
RAL ↓RAL Can be co-administered with RAL 400 or 800 mg twice daily
Avoid RAL 1200 mg once-daily dose
= RAL Can be co-administered with RBT 300 mg once daily, RAL standard dose
EVG/c ↓↓EVG/c Avoid concomitant use ↓EVG/c
↑RBT
Avoid concomitant use
DTG ↓DTG Can be co-administered with DTG 50 mg twice daily = DTG Can be co-administered with RBT 300 mg once daily
BIC ↓↓BIC Avoid concomitant use ↓BIC Avoid concomitant use
No data available
NRTI
TDF, ABC, 3TC, FTC =TDF =ABC
=3TC
=FTC
Can be co-administered without dose adjustments =TDF =ABC
=3TC
=FTC
Can be co-administered without dose adjustments
TAF ↓↓TAF Co-administration with TAF 25 mg once daily resulted in non-significant changes in intracellular tenofovir diphosphate exposure in an healthy volunteer PK study [21] ↓TAF Avoid concomitant use until further data available
CCR5 receptor antagonists
MVC ↓↓MVC Can be co-administered with MVC 600 mg twice daily ↓MVC Can be co-administered without dose adjustments

NNRTIs, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors; NVP, nevirapine; EFV, efavirenz; RPV, rilpivirine; ETR, etravirine; DOR, doravirine; PIs, protease inhibitors; LPV, lopinavir; ATV, atazanavir, DRV, darunavir;/r, ritonavir; cobi, cobicistat; INSTIs, integrase inhibitors; RAL, raltegravir; EVG, elvitegravir; DTG, dolutegravir; BIC, bictegravir; NRTIs, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; ABC, abacavir; 3TC, lamivudine; FTC, emtricitabine; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; MVC, maraviroc; PK, pharmacokinetic; RBT, rifabutin