Emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir

Emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir, sold under the brand name Complera among others, is a fixed-dose combination of antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.

[4] The drug was co-developed by Gilead Sciences and Johnson & Johnson's Tibotec division and was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August 2011, and by the European Medicines Agency in November 2011,[3][5] for patients who have not previously been treated for HIV.

In the European Union it is marketed as Eviplera and in the US as Complera.

[7] Emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir is indicated for treatment of HIV-1 in adults naïve to HIV-1 medications (where the virus has not developed resistance to these anti-HIV medications) and who have no more than 100,000 copies per mL of HIV-1 RNA in their blood (“viral load”).

[8][9] Common[8][10] Serious[8][10] Contraindications Use of emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir with the following medicines is contraindicated, as they lead to reduced blood levels of rilpivirine and in turn reduce the effectiveness of emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir:[8][11]