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HIV Medication And High Triglycerides
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High Triglycerides from HIV medicationsI have been on Sustiva for about 10 yrs now (epzicom for about 6) recent labs show my trigs around 330, cholesterol around 210, LDL 113....I eat like a horse, very low fat diet, hardly any red meat, alot of salmon, tilapia,ground turkey, alot...
Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.
AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast
Hello, and thanks for posting. The contribution of elevated triglycerides to the risk of stroke and heart attack is minor compared with other cardiovascular risk factors. So for triglycerides in the 300 range treatment is often not necessary. The...
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High Triglycerides & HIVDr. Gallant: I have a question on high triglycerides related to HIV.Brief history, current CD4... Read more »High Cholesterol and TriglyceridesHello,Thank you for the work you do. I have a question about lowering cholesterol. I have been on... Read more »
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Hyperlipidemia and HIV/AIDS: High Cholesterol and TriglyceridesTable of Contents Introduction Hyperlipidemia and HIV How to Know if you Have Hyperlipidemia Foods That Affect Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels Exercise and Hyperlipidemia Drugs for Hyperlipidemia HIV Drugs and Hyperlipidemia ... Read more »
Cardiac ConcernsAddressing the blood fat problems -- sky-high triglycerides, often combined with increased total cholesterol, increased LDL cholesterol (the bad or lousy kind of cholesterol) and decreased HDL cholesterol (the good or healthy kind) -- that many... Read more »
Pivotal Study Finds That HIV Medications Are Highly Effective as Prophylaxis Against HIV Infection in Men and Women in AfricaSeattle, WA -- In a result that will fundamentally change approaches to HIV prevention in Africa, an international study has demonstrated that individuals at high risk for HIV infection who took a daily tablet containing an HIV medication -- either... Read more »
Antiretroviral Medication Errors High Among Hospitalized Patients With HIVDarius Rastegar and colleagues evaluated the number of medication errors occurring among HIV-positive people receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy who were admitted to a single hospital over one year. The researchers reviewed the medical... Read more »
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Atripla -- High Triglycerides, Lovaza or Lopid use
Posted by JimNC, 1 Reply
My husband was diagnosed with HIV in 2009. He'd obviously been POS for quite a long time. (2,000,000+ HIV count, T cell 180). He went on Atripla, quickly reducing his HIV count from 2M-500K-50K-500 every 3 months, now undetectable. His T cells has...
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HIV Highly Contagious Before Symptoms Show
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
HIV Highly Contagious Before Symptoms Show: StudyReuters Health 10.18.01 HIV may be highly transmissible before an infected person experiences its first, flu-like symptoms, and before HIV tests can detect the virus, researchers reported last week.... Read more » High VL/High CD4: what to do?
Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies
Hi from Italy.I'm HIV+ since Feb 00 and I discovered my status in June. Since then I have regularly checked my situation having always high VL (from 60K to 240K) and high CD4 (from 750 to 1000). My last analysis are VL: 200K and CD4: 907. My doctor is... Read more » Have we been over medicated all along?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Big pharma is going to love this study. This is amazing to me!By Deborah Mitchell DENVER (Reuters Health) - It may be possible to maintain long-term suppression of HIV and prevention of immune deterioration, while significantly reducing dyslipidemia,... Read more »
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