Review Article

Nephrotoxicity of HAART

Table 1

Preferred first-line ART in treatment of naive adults and adolescents.

Target PopulationPreferred option

Adults and adolescentsAZT or TDF + 3TC or FTC + EFV or NVP
Pregnant womenAZT + 3TC + EFV or NVP
HIV/TB coinfectionAZT or TDF + 3TC or FTC + EFV
HIV/HBV coinfectionTDF + 3TC or FTC + EFV or NVP

Zidovudine (AZT), tenofovir (TDF), lamivudine (3TC), emtricitabine (FTC), nevirapine (NVP), and efavirenz (EFV). Source: WHO, 2010.