been on trizivir,sustiva for nine yrs.have numerous heart blockages,5 stents,1 heart attack.am 41 yrs old with no family history of heart disease,am very active,non-smoker,etc.cd4 runs around 1000,viral load 0.what meds should i consider changing to?

The change should be based on a few factors.

Since the move would be to decrease risk of heart disease and not for viral suppression, you would have to look at the risks associated with each med/class.

The NNRTIs as a group have not been associated with increased heart attack risk. Sustiva can effect the cholesterol, so if yours is high it may need to be treated.

Trizivir contains abacavir, which may be associated with increased risk of heart attacks. Changing that to truvada (for example) might decrease that risk, but there are no studies to support that. Before any switch is made your doctor must review the pattern of drug resistance that may be in your virus. You must be sure to maintain preferrable 3 fully active drugs in your combo. Any change that did not maintain that could lead to failure of the treatment. Since no switching studies have shown a decrease in risk for heart attack any changes would have to be carefully done.

Best,

Joe