Variable Antiretroviral regimens prescribed from 2000 to 2009 Total number of patients (%)
AZT/3TC /NVP d4T/3TC /NVP AZT/3TC +EFV TDF/FTC +NVP AZT+ TDF/FTC +LPV/r TDF/FTC /EFV d4T/3TC+EFV
Patients per regimen (%) 2025 (55.6) 1145 (31.4) 78 (2.1) 170 (4.7) 160 (4.4) 58 (1.6) 5 (0.1) 3641 (100.0)
Incidence of ADR per 100 –person years 8.1 8.7 60.3 21.2 19.4 3.4 0  
Patients with ADR (%) 164 (4.5) 100 (2.7) 47 (1.3) 36 (1.0) 31 (0.9) 2 (0.05) 0 (0.0) 380 (10.4)
Type of ADRs                
Nausea, vomiting, hyper salivation 40 (10.5) 22 (5.8) 23 (6.1) 24 (6.3) 20 (5.3) 0 0 129 (34.0)
Skin rash 62 (16.3) 38 (10.0) 0 0 0 0 0 100(26.3)
Anemia 24 (6.3)       3 (0.8)     27(7.1)
Steven-Johnson Syndrome 7 (1.8) 20 (5.3) 0 0 0 0 0 27(7.1)
Diarrhea 0 0 0 10 (2.6) 8 (2.1) 0 0 18(4.7)
Jaundice 16 (4.2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 16(4.2)
Peripheral neuritis 0 12 (3.2) 0 0 0 0 0 12 (3.2)
Discoloration of fingernails 10 (2.6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 (2.6)
Insomnia 0 0 10 (2.6) 0 0 0 0 10 (2.6)
Proximal muscle pain and weakness  5 (1.3) 0 2 (0.5) 2 (0.5) 0 0 0 9 (2.3)
Somnolence 0 0 7 (1.8) 0 0 0 0 7 (1.8)
Facial lipo- dystrophy 0  6 (1.6) 0 0 0 0 0 6 (1.6)
Bad dreams 0 0 4 (1.1) 0 0 2 (0.5) 0 6 (1.6)
Palmhyper pigmentation 0  2 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 2(0.5)
Severe headache 0 0 1 (0.3) 0 0 0 0 1(0.3)
Table 3: The frequency and proportional distribution of antiretroviral regimenand adverse reactions.
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