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February 11, 2002

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Forum on General Treatment If you're resistant to everything, should you just drop HAART and try alternative meds instead? Forum on Women and HIV See our new, comprehensive feature section on HIV-positive women! Can birth-control pills and HAART reduce each other's effectiveness? Has any research been done on HIV and menopause? Forum on Drug Resistance Advertisement A recent study said that three out of four patients are resistant to at least one drug. Does this mean HAART doesn't work? I'm sick of my meds' side effects -- I want to take a break. Should I be worried about getting sick or developing resistance if I do? How can I be hopeful I won't become resistant to my meds when there's so much evidence to the contrary? Forum on Workplace Issues How do I convince my boss not to change insurance policies without revealing I have HIV? I took a disability retirement due to my HIV status eight years ago, but now I want to go back. Do I have any right to do so? Forum on Wasting, Diet, Nutrition and Exercise Can taking supplements with protease in them disrupt the protease inhibitor I'm taking? Does everybody on HIV meds get facial wasting? What can I do about it? Forum on Oral Health What could be causing this throbbing pain in my gums? Is Nystatin effective against thrush? Is Diflucan better?		Forum on Fatigue and Anemia Why do so many HIV-positive people get anemia? Can iron supplements help? Forum on Managing Side Effects I'm furious that my meds have caused lipodystrophy. Can I sue the drug company for doing this to me? Should I be worried about the rash I've developed while on Viramune? Are my hot flashes being caused by Sustiva? Forum on Mental Health I have HIV, hepatitis B and herpes, and the triple blow has me extremely depressed. How can I overcome this? My lipodystrophy is so bad I don't leave the house, and I'm angry all the time. Nobody knows I have HIV; if I tell the world, will I feel better? I'm recently diagnosed, terrified of opportunistic infections, and hate my therapist. How can I fix this? Forum on Opportunistic Infections How common is toxoplasmosis? If I take antibiotics for MAC, am I at risk for developing thrush? Forum on Safe Sex, Prevention and Transmission Can poz-poz sex lead to HIV reinfection with a different (possibly more resistant) strain? What's the risk of contracting HIV from fisting somebody's anus? Not Your Everyday Questions Can I get HIV from drinking a bloody Pepsi? Am I at risk if an HIV-positive man ejaculated in my eye?
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