I have been living with HIV for nine years and I have been on treatment from the start. i am now on reyataz, truvada and norvir. it is suppose to be taken all at once in the night but i have not been consistent because i have few problems numbness in feet bone pains in the legs so bad that when i walk to much it pains severely if i don't walk it pain too so i don't know what to do...then there iz the excess fat I'm gaining because thes tablet makes me hungry.... i can't drink milk it makes me sick and i tried taking it without food it makes me extremely sick so i need some sound advice so i can be here for my kids 30years down the road they are 3 and 5 years old so they need me around any advice you can offer will be much appreciated. thank you much

Depending on your prior treatment history (any resistance likely) other drugs options may be worth considering if a thorough medical evaluation doesn't help explain what else could be causing some of your major symptoms (ie vitamin deficiencies, lactose deficiency). Many of the newer drugs available are quite well tolerated including raltegravir, maraviroc, etravirine and even darunavir. More well tolerated drugs are in the pipelines as well so things are likely to get better (such as the Gilead non-ritonavir boosting drug, other integrase inhibitors and NNRTI class drugs) if you can hang on for a while. KH