Anyone else having medication side effects?
Just starting taking bicktary 3 months ago and now I'm having joint,tendon and muscle pain. I already have a sprained finger?
Is this happening to anyone else. I was on Crizaxvan,epivir and zidovindine for 27 years with hardly any side effects. They discontinued crixavan so I had to go on another medication.
Does anyone know a better drug than bicktary? Thanks!
I'm so sorry to hear you're dealing with these symptoms - here's another discussion on Biktarvy and side effects some have experienced: https://h-i-v.net/forums/biktarvy-bloating
Regarding new medications, we are not medical professionals so could not recommend what might work for you but can provide information. It looks like Crixavan was a protease inhibitor? More on those and some examples here: https://h-i-v.net/treatment/protease-inhibitors that you might ask your doctor about. You can also find more on Biktarvy here: https://h-i-v.net/treatment/biktarvy .
Please let us know how you're doing and if there's any more information we can provide. - Liz (Team Member)
Alafia (Peace) That sounds so unfortunate that you are experiencing those side effects from taking bicktary. I suggest you speak to your provider immediately so that with their assistance you can make a decision on your next course of care and treatment. Please let us know how things turn out. We really want to support you. Khafre (H-I-V.net Team Member) 
I take biktarvy and have had my vision change quite a bit each year and yes joint pain as well . It feels like it speeds up arthritis or swelling in some joints. But all in all i took care of my joint pain by cortisone shots and other than that no other reaction . It's better than some others that can make u sick . Give it time . Or maybe ask for davato if that available it's similar I think to biktarvy . I hope this helps .
just wanted to connect you to here who posted a response. I hope it's helpful. Thanks lilmelissa83 for responding - Liz (Team Member)
