How Do HIV Drugs Work

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HIV Test May Show Which Drugs Work Best

An experimental HIV drug-resistance test can detect even very small amounts of resistant HIV strains, ones that could eventually cause treatment complications or failure, a new study suggests. Such a test could help physicians predict the best... Read more »

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Taiwan Marks Increased Numbers of HIV-Positive Students The Taiwan AIDS Foundation said that according to Department of Health's Centers for Disease Control statistics, the average age of HIV positive people in the country is getting younger, the ... Read more »

HIV/AIDS, Drug Programs Should "Work Together," Sidibe Says in Opinion Piece

Access to clean needles, condoms and counseling allows injection drug users to "stop HIV, look after their health and lead productive lives," Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS , writes in a Bangkok Post opinion piece. "Thanks to many... Read more »

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returning to work/can't get insuredI have been living with HIV for 10 years. Over the past four years I have seen my general health improve to the point where I want to return to work. Further, my good health and progressively better lab results have put

I have been living with HIV for 10 years. Over the past four years I have seen my health improve to the point where I want to return to work.I have an excellent job offer in Atlanta Georgia that offers a good salary, a way back into the workforce,...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Does your income put you above the Georgia ceiling for ADAP? If so, I regret that I don't have new ideas for you, except the suggestion that you contact the best benefits manager I know to ask about options. He is Jacques Chambers, and you can... Read more »

Hiv Needle stick at work

Hello Dr.Young. I had a needle stick this am from a known HIV/AIDS pt while doing a PICC line draw. I'm not sure of his current viral load status though from chart he was undetectable 6mos ago.It was a smaller bore needle maybe 25-27 gauge and...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for your post.For lower-risk exposures, two-drug therapy is still often used. Your exposure would probably fall into this category, since the needle wasn't used to directly cannulate the blood vessel, was not a deep wound (to... Read more »

IM HIV CAN I WORK FULL TIME

I have been diagnosed with hiv since August 2008, since then i have been out of job now almost 3 years. Im now very health person and my viraload is undetectable and my t cell are above 390. I never had side effect with drugs since i started . my...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Absolutely. There is no reason that you can't work full time, as many people with other chronic medical conditions do, who are being managed with medications.... Read more »

How HIV Treatment Works

Hi Dr. Conway:I am trying to understand how HIV treatment works. If the treatment doesn't stop replication just controls replication what does this mean? If replication still occurs then how much HIV is still being produced and why can't...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

The treatment works by reducing HIV replication to very low levels, such that the immune system can recover and that the number of replication events is so low that the evolution of resistance is slow. Statistically, the virus is replicating so... Read more »

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Can you work full time with hiv/aids forever?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello, I am an hiv positive 36 year bisexual male with two divorces. I have four children from the marriage that I have very large child support payments. These ex-wives of mine do not know I have hiv. Will I be able to work full time when on... Read more »

Bush ignores HIV prevention methods that work

Posted by bradford, 2 Replies

U.S. President George Bush ignores HIV prevention methods that work!
Who is informing the president on HIV and AIDS?

Failure of the American president to recognize the need to promote condoms has not only undermined over two decades of HIV prevention... Read more »

hiv & working out/bodybuilding

Posted by windycitypozdude, 2 Replies

hey everyone! i have always been a "working out," active kind of guy, and always been interested in getting bigger/more muscular, etc. i shy away from the term "bodybuilding" as for me that conjures notions of drug-enhanced muscularity that is... Read more »

THE DRUGS WORK!

Posted by exitrow, 5 Replies

I recently started taking Sustiva and Truvada after my numbers dropped significantly in October. I was very hesistant and wasn't prepared to enter the next stage, a major step, in this disease. I was fortunate not to encounter many of the horrific... Read more »

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