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How to Investigate Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment:
An Indicator-Based Approach
Table 8. Sample list of needed paediatric ARVs
Paediatric ARV first-line drug
Abbreviation
1 Efavirenz 50 mg or 100 mg tab EFV
2 Efavirenz 30 mg/ml syrup EFV
3 Nevirapine 10 mg/ml syrup NVP
4 Lamivudine 10 mg/ml syrup 3TC
5 Zidovudine 100 mg tab ZDV
6 Zidovudine 10 mg/ml syrup ZDV
7 Stavudine 15 mg tab D4T
8 Stavudine 20 mg tab D4T
9 Stavudine 1 mg/ml syrup D4T
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The list of expected non-ARV medicines will depend on the system. That list would also
depend on the most common opportunistic infections and co-morbidities. If the non-ARV
medicines present in a hospital pharmacy are different than for the ART clinic, those
medicines would not be counted as being present.
If the stock records are incomplete, it may be difficult or impossible to know the number of
days that each medicine has been in or out of stock in the last 90 days. The pharmacist,
however, may know if there have been any stock outs, in which case you can just ask
whether there have been any stock outs in the last three months for each medicine.
Table 9. Sample list of key non-ARV medicines
Key non-ARV drugs
1 Co-trimoxazole 480 or 960 mg tab
2 Co-trimoxazole 240 mg/5ml susp
3 Fluconazole 150 mg or 200 mg tab
4 Miconazole 20 mg/g oral gel
5 Erythromycin 250 mg or 500 mg tab
6 Nystatin 10,000 IU/ml oral drops
7 Aciclovir 200 mg tab
8 Aciclovir 5% cream
9 Folic acid 5 mg tab
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