Truvada Overdose (Cont.)

Treatment for a Truvada Overdose

It is not known how best to treat a Truvada overdose. If the overdose was recent, a healthcare provider may give certain medicines or place a tube into the stomach to "pump the stomach." Dialysis can be helpful for removing Truvada from the blood, if necessary. Treatment will also involve supportive care, which consists of treating the symptoms that occur as a result of the overdose.
 
It is important that you seek prompt medical attention if you believe that you may have overdosed on Truvada.
 

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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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