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Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents

Appendix B: Drug Characteristics Tables

Monthly Suggested Wholesale Price of Antiretroviral Drugs

(Last updated:2/12/2013; last reviewed:2/12/2013)

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Appendix B Table 8: Monthly Suggested Wholesale Price (SWP)a of Antiretroviral Drugs
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Antiretroviral Drug
(Generic and Brand Name)

 Strength

Dosing

Tabs/Capsules/
mLs per Month

SWPa
(Monthly)

Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs)
abacavir
  • generic

300 mg tab

2 tabs daily

60 tabs

$602.66
  • Ziagen

300 mg tab

2 tabs daily

60 tabs

$670.37
  • Ziagen

20 mg/mL soln

30 mL daily

900 mL

$674.60
didanosine delayed-release
  • generic

400 mg cap

1 cap daily

30 caps

$368.72
  • Videx EC

400 mg cap

1 cap daily

30 caps

$478.08
emtricitabine
  • Emtriva

200 mg cap

1 cap daily

30 tabs

$574.14
  • Emtriva

10 mg/mL soln

24 mL daily

680 mL (28-day supply)

$542.32
lamivudine
  • generic

300 mg tab

1 tab daily

30 tabs

$429.66
  • Epivir

300 mg tab

1 tab daily

30 tabs

$498.89
  • Epivir

10 mg/mL soln

30 mL daily

900 mL

$498.90
stavudine
  • generic

40 mg cap

1 cap twice daily

60 caps

$403.70
  • Zerit

40 mg cap

1 cap twice daily

60 caps

$512.62
tenofovir
  • Viread

300 mg tab

1 tab daily

30 tabs

$998.80
zidovudine
  • generic

300 mg tab

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs

$360.97
  • Retrovir

300 mg tab

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs

$557.83

Combination NRTI Products
abacavir/lamivudine
  • Epzicom

600/300 mg tab

1 tab daily

30 tabs

$1,118.90
tenofovir/emtricitabine
  • Truvada

300/150 mg tab

1 tab daily

30 tabs

$1,467.97
zidovudine/lamivudine
  • generic

300/150 mg tab

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs

$931.61
  • Combivir

300/150 mg tab

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs

$1,081.70
abacavir/zidovudine/
lamivudine
  • Trizivir

300/300/150 mg tab

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs

$1,839.66

Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs)
efavirenz
  • Sustiva

600 mg tab

1 tab daily

30 tabs

$785.90
etravirine
  • Intelence

200 mg tab

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs

$978.64
nevirapine
  • generic

200 mg tab

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs

$650.48
  • Viramune

200 mg tab

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs

$723.08
  • Viramune XR (nevirapine extended release)

400 mg tab

1 tab daily

30 tabs

$670.63
rilpivirine
  • Endurant

25 mg tab

1 tab daily

30 tabs

$804.38

Protease Inhibitors (PIs)
atazanavir
  • Reyataz

150 mg capb

2 caps daily

60 caps

$1,222.10
  • Reyataz

200 mg cap 

2 caps daily 

 60 caps

$1,222.10
  • Reyataz

300 mg capb 

1 cap daily

30 caps 

$1,210.56 
darunavir
  • Prezista

400 mg tabb

2 tabs daily 

60 tabs 

$1,230.20 
  • Prezista

600 mg tabb 

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs 

 $1,230.20
fosamprenavir
  • Lexiva

700 mg tab 

2 tabs twice daily 

120 tabs 

$1,988.96
  • Lexiva

700 mg tab

1 tab twice dailyb

60 tabs 

$994.48 
  • Lexiva

700 mg tab 

2 tabs once dailyb 

60 tabs

$994.48
lopinavir/ritonavir
  • Kaletra

200 mg/50 mg tab 

2 tabs twice daily
or
4 tabs once daily 

120 tabs 

$871.36 
  • Kaletra

400 mg/100 mg per 5 mL soln 

 5 mL twice daily

300 mL 

$871.34 
ritonavir
(total daily dose depends on concomitant PI)
  • Norvir

100 mg tab 

1 tab once daily 

30 tabs

$308.60
  • Norvir

100 mg tab

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs

$617.20 
  • Norvir
100 mg tab 2 tabs twice daily  120 tabs $1,234.40
saquinavir
  • Invirase
500 mg tabb 2 tabs twice daily  120 tabs $1,088.84
tipranavir
  • Aptivus
250 mg capb  2 caps twice daily 120 caps  $1,335.14 

Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor (INSTI)
(Please refer to Co-formulated Combination Antiretroviral Drugs for cost of elvitegravir/cobicistat/tenofovir/emtricitabine [Stribild])
raltegravir
  • Isentress
400 mg tab 1 tab twice daily 60 tabs $1,228.69

Fusion Inhibitor
enfuviritide
  • Fuzeon
90 mg injection kit 1 injection twice daily 60 doses
(1 kit)		 $3,248.72

CCR5 Antagonist
maraviroc
  • Selzentry

150 mg tab

1 tab twice daily

60 tabs

$1,259.82
  • Selzentry
300 mg tab  1 tab twice daily   60 tabs $1,259.82 

Co-formulated Combination Products as Complete Antiretroviral Regimens
efavirenz/tenofovir/emtricitabine
  • Atripla
600/300/200 mg tab 1 tab daily 30 tabs $2,253.88
rilpivirine/tenofovir/emtricitabine
  • Complera
25/300/200 mg tab 1 tab daily 30 tabs $2,195.83
elvitegravir/cobicistat/tenofovir/
emtricitabine
  • Stribild
150/150/300/200 mg tab  1 tab daily  30 tabs  $2,810.96 

a SWP = Suggested Wholesale Price (source: AmerisourceBergen, accessed December 2012/January 2013) Note that this price may not represent the pharmacy acquisition price or the price paid by consumers.
b Should be used in combination with ritonavir. Please refer to Appendix B, Table 3 for ritonavir doses.

Key to Abbreviations: cap = capsule, EC = enteric coated, soln = solution, SWP = suggested wholesale price, tab = tablet, XR = extended release