Open AccessTreatment non-responsiveness in depression following Efavirenz administration
Author(s) -
Subhash Das,
Priyanka Bhatia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-0565
pISSN - 2589-0557
DOI - 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_38_17
Subject(s) - medicine , efavirenz , depression (economics) , administration (probate law) , pharmacology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , antiretroviral therapy , viral load , economics , macroeconomics , political science , law
Depression is found as a comorbid condition in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Antiretroviral drugs used for the treatment of such infection may result in emergent depression. One such antiretroviral drug is efavirenz (EFV). Induction or exacerbation of depression with EFV has been reported in studies, which resolved after stopping EFV. We report a case of a 23-year-old male patient suffering from HIV for 5 years with treatment nonresponsive depressive symptoms due to EFV which improved after stopping it.