Generic Videx Active Ingredient: Didanosine

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Generic name of the medicine is didanosine. It's a preparation of an antiviral medication that is intended for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cells from spreading and growing. It is important to remember that the drug is not a remedy for HIV or AIDS. Mind that the treatment with the medicine does not guarantee that HIV won't transfer to another person during sexual contact.

Contraindications: intolerance to didanosine; current therapy with allopurinol (Zyloprim) or ribavirin (Rebetol, Ribasphere, Copegus Virazole). Problems with liver, diabetes, high cholesterol or triglycerides should be considered before taking the medication. If you are in the state of pregnancy make your doctor aware of it; breast-feeding is forbidden when taking the drug and it is generally forbidden to women with AIDS or HIV. Be careful with alcohol beverages and refrain from unprotected sex. It is crucial to be careful while combining the medication with different drugs and equally important not to take it simultaneously with ciprofloxacin, delavirdine, indinavir, nelfinavir, itraconazole, or ketoconazole, and some others for fear of their dangerous interaction.

The drug should be taken on a regular basis with water on an empty stomach at least half an hour before or 2 hours after you eat. Do not make any transformation to the pills. In order to gain the most effect from the treatment the drug is frequently prescribed in a complex with other medicines. Do not make up for the left out dose taking two pills at once.

The medication can have adverse effects; it is able to affect your liver or pancreas or evoke a condition of lactic acidosis. In case you want to know more about interaction with other drugs consult your doctor.