My cocktail is nevirapine, lamivudine and tenofivir. Since I had my first CD4 baseline test, my CD4 count has improved from 179 to 233 to 224 to 329. My partner S is also on the same cocktail as I am, and his latest count is 377. His baseline CD4 count is 173 and it has improved to 234 to 317 to 313 to 377. What I noticed, based on the improvement of me and my partner's CD4 count over the past two years, is that nevirapine is slower in bringing up CD4 count, compared to CD4 count improvement of fellow patients on efavirenz. Of course, other factors could affect the increase in CD4 count, but my observation is that those taking efavirenz have greater improvements in their CD4 counts in a shorter amount of time, compared to those taking nevirapine.
Is there a study that proves this? To my fellow pozzies on medication, would you agree to my observation, or disagree?
