I Have Hiv Can I Take Aciclovir

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Does Aciclovir cause drug resistance to A-tripla medication taken for HIV treatment?

I took 5 tablets of Aciclovir for 5 days and since then have no outbreak of herpes in my genitals. Does it means it is cured or do i still have herpes?...

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

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Hello and thanks for your post.Since acyclovir has no activity against HIV, there's no reason why taking acyclovir would have any effect on the development of HIV drug resistance (including, but not limited to the medications in... Read more »

HIV Test + p24 antigen affected by Aciclovir?

Dear Doctor, I did a HIV Test + p24 antigen at 100 days and was negative but in that period I was... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

the link for aciclovir as ART

thanks doc for ur reply.http://www.jbc.org/content/283/46/31289.fullabove i copy-paste one link for... Read more »

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Treating Genital Herpes Does Not Reduce Risk of HIV, Study Finds

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Riesgo de contagio al tener herpes

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Quera consultarles respecto de la combinacin entre ambas infecciones. Yo sufro de herpes genital desde hace mas de 15 aos, he realizado tratamientos supresivos con aciclovir y valaciclovir con buenos resultados temporales.
En algunos articulos de... Read more »

ESTOY TEMBLANDO

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

bueno despues de haber pasdado por los sintomas,deprimirme,tomar aciclovir para aftas,demas medicamentos y terminar con tratamiento antidepresivo,hoy a los 5 meses y tres semanas de la sitiuacion de risgo me hice otro test que me lo pidieron de... Read more »

Itchy skin rash from sun and meds?

Posted by DJones, 4 Replies

I have been on Fluconazole, Acyclovir and Atripla for about 6 months. I noticed problems with a terrible itchy skin rash when I was in the sun when the summer began. I have stayed out of the sun or put sun block on until last Saturday I was at a... Read more »

me urge ayuda

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

sintomas:faringitis por 2 semanas tratada con azitromicina y no cede, empece co acyclovir y empezo a mejorar; ganglio cervical anterior inflamado sin dolor y ganglios inginales inflamados con dolor leve; brotes rojizos diminutos en el glande por 3... Read more »

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