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Degenerative spine Aug 4, 2000 Dear Sirs; In a 6 year period I ve had three spine surgeries, I ve had HIV 19yrs/full-blown 6 yrs. I am a long term survivor. My therapies have never gotten my viral load lower then 2800 highest t cells 290 I just under went a spinal fusion of 4 vertebrae am in a great deal of pain after three months. Current combo sustiva,3tc,ziagen. Any suggestion would be helpful. thanks |
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 It sounds like you have been through a lot lately. Most of the bone/spine disease that I have encountered has been related to opportunistic infections, but there have been reports of protease inhibitors causing osteoporosis/osteopenia (bone loss). It is possible that prior infections or antiretroviral therapies contributed to your current spinal problems, but how much is hard to know. Regarding your current therapy, if your viral load remains above 1,000 copies/mL on your current antiretrovirals, you should have genotyping/phenotyping done, which may help guide future treatment decisions. Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D. | ||||||||
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