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| side effects Aug 20, 2010 since i started my treatment my stomach grows bigger,am now six years undertreatment.Is there any remedy |
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Response from Dr. Henry
Often no easy answer for increased belly fat in the setting of HIV treatment. Careful attention to diet and exercise often can improve the situation. Depending on your HIV regimen and treatment regimen, changing meds might help as well. Many non treatment factors contribute to risk for fat problems including age, time with HIV, how low the CD4 count went before treatment, and family genetics. There is no prescription drug than can be generally endorsed to help the problem of increased intra-abdominal fat. Drugs like growth hormone releasing factor may help while being taken but have to be injected and is expensive. Studies are still being conducted and planned on the topic of HIV lipodystrophy but progress has been frustratingly slow as far as developing effective treatment. KH | |||||||||
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