Intrapartum Single-Dose Carbamazepine Reduces Nevirapine Levels Faster and May Decrease Resistance After a Single Dose of Nevirapine for Perinatal HIV Prevention

Abstract

Addition of single-dose carbamazepine to sdNVP at labor onset in HIV-infected, pregnant women did not affect nevirapine plasma concentration at delivery, but significantly reduced it 1 week postpartum, with a trend toward fewer nevirapine resistance mutations.