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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) Fact Sheet

What Are the Symptoms? How Do You Diagnose PML? How Do You Treat PML? Potent Anti-HIV Therapy Cytosine Arabinoside (Ara-C) Experimental Treatments Commentary The Bottom Line PML is a rare AIDS-related condition of the brain, caused by the JC virus. World wide, more than 4 in 5 adults are exposed to this virus, but it only causes disease in people with weakened immune systems. Before AIDS, PML was rarely seen except in people with...

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What can be done after the fact for facial lipoatrophy?

My facial wasting has become more and more pronounced. What can be done to replace the missing fat?...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

There are two general strategies for this problem. The first is to remove the offending agent from the antiretroviral cocktail. One culprit is AZT, which is also known as zidovudine or Retrovir. AZT is also contained in Combivir and Trizivir. The... Read more »

Re: OCD or fact based

Dear Dr. Bob,thanks for answering my question last week. i gathered up the courage...and went tested. im HIV negative.thank you soo much for your time. im looking for a PhD position in virology and im going to make a career in the virology...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Thanks for your thanks! WOO-HOO!Be well. Stay well.Dr. BobOCD or fact based?Jul 4, 2009 hi doc, excellent job on the forum. this isnt the first time i write here, and my troubles dont seem to be getting easier. i have to tell you that i have a... Read more »

Injection reaction a given fact?

Will every person injecting Fuzeon develop a site reaction? If not, what are the approximate percentage of those that do? Thanks....

Response from Don Kurtyka, ARNP

University of South Florida School of Medicine

Not everyone receiving Fuzeon develops injection site reactions (ISRs). The official rate of ISRs from the two key key clinical studies of Fuzeon are as follows:- 98% of people in the initial studies had at least one ISR- Only 3% of patients... Read more »

You seem to have an answer for everything but in fact you don't (CURE, 2010)

Dr. Bob. You claim many times that you're one of the most optimistic guys on Earth but I have some difficulties to believe that. When it comes to the possibilities of a treatment change in the current decade you are very skeptic. I understand...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Yep, I do admit to being perhaps the most optimistic guy in the universe. However, I'm also a trained scientist and I follow HIV research very closely. I'm not a skeptic; I'm a realist. See below. Certainly a cure could result from... Read more »

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I'm trying not to scare anyone, but facts are fact

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

In fact I'm not trying to scare anyone, and I don't want to make a kid's game out of the Bulletin Board. I'm just trying to make everyone realize that 99,9% of people doesn't cover all individuals, when talking about tests... I'm sure that 999 of... Read more »

testing facts

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Question:

Dear Sir. How are we ever going to eradicate this disease when we cant even come up with an adequate test to diagnose it. You know well if any of these people who are convinced they are infected and are, continue to test neg, eventually... Read more »

Facts II. WIndow Period

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Without having to travel so far away, you can find posts of Dr. Santana (The Body Spanish section) where he refers to the window period in a very similar way to what I said before,
In one of his posts he says: test at 3 months, at 6 months, at 9... Read more »

Hard Fact Information

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

So, I was referred to Dr. Gallants forum and then this comes to my mind: What if someone has sex with another one, using condoms and all and then that person when is removing the condom or inadvertely just get some vaginal fluids or blood in... Read more »

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