A doctor was accidentally exposed to HIV by a needle stick injury while sampling HIV positive patient. A drug prescribed to him would be –
Correct Answer: Zidovudine + Lamivudine + Indinavir for 4 weeks
Description: Needlestick injury is the most common cause of HIV infection among health care workers.
The guidelines for post-exposure prophylaxis of HIV are
A) For routine exposures
a combination of two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors for 4 weeks.
B) For high risk or complicated exposures
a combination of two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors plus a protease inhibitor for 4 weeks.
Inspite of the guidelines regimen B is given for all types of exposure
Thus the treatment is obvious in this doctor.
Also Remember
Examples of
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Zidovudine
Lamivudine
Stavudine
Didanosine
Zalcitabine
A bacavir
Protease inhibitors
Saquinavir
Indinavir
Ritonavir
NelfinavirAmprenavir
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