How should I take cabotegravir?
Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Use the medicine exactly as directed.
Cabotegravir with rilpivirine is usually given once per day starting at least 28 days before you switch to the injectable combination.
Take cabotegravir and rilpivirine with a meal. If you take the medicines at separate times, cabotegravir may be taken with or without food.
On the last day you take cabotegravir and rilpivirine tablets, you will receive your first injectable dose of these medicines.
If you take cabotegravir with rilpivirine to replace a missed dose of the injectable combination, take cabotegravir and rilpivirine tablets each day until your next monthly injection is due.
If you plan to miss a monthly injection by more than 7 days, start taking cabotegravir and rilpivirine tablets about 1 month after your last injection was given. Keep taking the tablets each day until your next monthly injection is due.
If needed, daily cabotegravir and rilpivirine tablets can replace the injectable combination for up to 2 months in a row.
You will need frequent medical tests.
You must remain under the care of a doctor while taking cabotegravir and rilpivirine in tablet or injection form. Stay on schedule to get the most benefit. Missing doses can increase your risk of HIV that is resistant to medication.
If you stop using cabotegravir and rilpivirine, you will need to start using other HIV medicines within 1 month to prevent your condition from becoming resistant.