ARV Treatment Guidelines For The Developing World

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Table of Contents Key Changes in the Revised March 2012 Guidelines What Are the Treatment Guidelines? Treatment Goals When to Start Treatment? What to Start With? Resistance Testing Taking Care of Yourself Key Changes in the Revised March 2012 Guidelines Some of the important updates in the most recent version of the Departmentof Health and Human Service's (DHHS) guidelines for the treatment of HIV inadults and...

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Should I start ARV treatment

1)Yesterday my doctor gave me my test results and my CD4 count is 211, my Viral Load is in the 17k+. He's not sure if I should start treatment because the blood tests he did (eg. blood plasma) show that I'm still "healthy" (in...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,1. I would strongly urge you to begin combination antiretroviral therapy without further delay. Are you under the care of an HIV specialist physician? If not you should consult one ASAP. Your immune system, as demonstrated by an absolute CD4... Read more »

RE: Generic ARV *Readers' comments welcomed

I too live in a developing country. I have been HIV positive for 3 years and have been on medication for 2.5 years. In my case my CD4 level dropped to under 300 and my VL was through the roof at 1,347,000. So I was advised to start medication.All my...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hi Andrew and thanks for sharing your very detailed experiences from Thailand.BY... Read more »

I need to know if I have to begin ARVs treatment

Hi Doctor, its a pleausure for me to write you. I live in Venezuela, and I have ny diagnostic about 5 five years ago, but I havent still begin a treatment. My last CD4 was in 455, I a went to the doctor and she said me that it wasnt time to begin. I...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

I do not what the HIV treatment guidelines in Venezuela say. But in the US, anyone with CD4 cells of 500 cells/ml or less is recommended treatment. Talk to your doctor about your willingness to start treatment and about guidelines and let me know... Read more »

aren't doctors trying to treat with this Remune to delay ARV treatment?

Hi Dr. Pierone,Why Aren't doctors in the United States treating with remune first to delay treatment to ARVs. Isn't there any promise of new evidence that this might be beneficial? ThanksKen Long-term Treatment with Remune Delays...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Remune has been studied for many years and as an immune stimulant does appear to have a modest ability to bolster the specific immune response to HIV. However, a large study did not demonstrate meaningful benefit (see this <a... Read more »

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When does a person start taking ARV meds?

Posted by Carrie, 5 Replies

My boyfriends CD4 count is over 1100 and his Viral count is under 400. From my own researching, this appears to still be ok (considering the circumstances of course). He said though that today at the dr they want to start him on antiretroviral... Read more »

"Positive living" eclipsed by ARV (Antiretroviral

Posted by bradford, 1 Reply

"Positive living" eclipsed by ARV (Antiretroviral) drive

Originally, it seemingly appeared that anyone infected with HIV would progress to disease and die. This has long since been realized to no longer be true. We have individuals all over the... Read more »

NEW POST GETS ME ANGRY-Here's the CDC's guidelines

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Geez,
After all the information out there about testing, accuracy, sensitivity, window periods, seroconversion, we have
a butthead posting that he has to test at 2 and 3 years. Can you believe this insanity? These people want to
be infected! I swear!... Read more »

Window Guidelines

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

The information is excerpted from a joint paper produced by the state and NYCity Depts of Health. Update on the Window Period for HIV Infection New York State and New York City Joint Recommendations For HIV Testing and Re-testing What is the Window... Read more »

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