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What is Zalcitabine (ddC)?

Category: Prescription Drugs

Most popular types: HIVID

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Zalcitabine, also known as ddC, is used alone or with other anti-retroviral medications to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 44 1
Improve communication 1 0
Increase effect of another treatment 1 0
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
See all 53 patients that have taken Zalcitabine (ddC)

Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 0
Moderate 0
Mild 0
None 1

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Zalcitabine (ddC)

Side effect Patients Percentage

Why patients stopped taking Zalcitabine (ddC)

Multiple reasons could be selected

Reason Patients Percentage
Doctor's advice 3
Side effects too severe 2
Course of treatment ended 1
Did not seem to work 1
Other 1
See all 8 patients who've stopped taking Zalcitabine (ddC)

Duration

Stopped taking Zalcitabine (ddC)

Duration Patients Percentage
1 - 6 months 1
6 months - 1 year 1
1 - 2 years 1
2 - 5 years 5
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 1
Usually 0
Sometimes 0
Never taken as prescribed 0
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 0
Somewhat hard to take 1
A little hard to take 0
Not at all hard to take 0
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 0
$100-199 0
$50-99 1
$25-49 0
< $25 0
Not specified 0

What people switch to and from

Patients started taking Zalcitabine (ddC) after stopping:

Treatment Patients Percentage
Nevirapine (NVP) (Viramune) 1
Last updated:
There are no evaluations for Zalcitabine (ddC).