Your doctor will schedule you for checkups to monitor your blood tests and see how well your treatment plan is working. You may also have tests to check how well your liver and kidneys are working, and other measures of your overall health.
People react to medications in different ways.
Some people have mild effects or no symptoms at all, while others may have many side effects or severe symptoms. Even when side effects occur, they can be temporary, or get better over time. Some of the common side effects are listed on the following pages, but please remember that you may have only some of these or none at all. Some people with hemophilia type A or B have reported increased bleeding problems. It is not known whether this is related to protease inhibitors, but these problems should be reported to the doctor immediately so they can be treated.