Common symptoms include: 1  Pain in your neck. 2  Headaches. 3  Pain in your shoulder, arm, or hand.  Reduced range of motion in your 1  neck. Numbness, weakness, and slower reflexes in your arms, hands,legs, or feet.  Problems walking including a spastic 1  gait. Muscle weakness in your  legs.
Efavirenz can cause side effects such as mood or behavior changes. These symptoms may improve the longer you take the medication. Taking efavirenz at bedtime may also lessen these effects. Contact your doctor if you have more serious symptoms such as severe depression or thoughts of hurting yourself.isit your doctor regularly. This medication can cause you to have a false positive drug-screening test. If you provide a urine sample for drug-screening, tell the laboratory staff that you are taking efavirenz. Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat.
Shake the oral suspension (liquid) well just before you measure a dose. Measure liquid medicine with the dosing syringe provided, or with a special dose-measuring spoon or medicine cup. If you do not have a dose-measuring device, ask your pharmacist for one. To take the acyclovir buccal tablet (Sitavig): 1  Keep the tablet in its blister pack until you are ready to take it. Use a dry finger to remove the tablet. 2  Do not chew or swallow a buccal tablet. Place the flat side of the tablet against your upper gum, behind your lip and above your canine tooth.