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CD4 AND VL Down?! Jan 27, 2008 Drs, Before starting my meds (Truvada, Reyetaz Norvir) , my CD4 fluctuated from 277 (27.7%) to 240 (26%) then to 310. My VL, was at 40,000. After two weeks of taking the medication, my VL was 129, but my CD4 was 274. These results confuse me a bit... How is it that my VL dropped so dramatically (good thing), but my CD4 didn't improve - it even declined by about 30 points? should I be worried that my regimen is not working? thanks. |
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| Response from Dr. Holodniy
 One piece of missing information is what did the CD4% do after starting treatment? As long as that did not go down significantly there is nothing to worry about. I would not make much about changes in CD4 count after only 2 weeks of treatment. It is very important that the viral load is going down significantly. | ||||||||
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