Phentermine And HIV Medicine Interactions

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Diet Pills (Phentermine) & HIV combination therapy

Hello,I am a 25 year old male who is 40 pounds overweight. I am currently on combination of reyataz and combivir. My doctor told me to just try excercisng and eating right to lose the weight. A friend of mine who is not hiv positive and is taking...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.I'm not aware of any specific drug-drug interaction between your meds, though I doubt that this has been formally evaluated. Nevertheles, any patient that has persistent shortness of breath has a medical condition that... Read more »

Ayurvedic medicines with HIV antibody interaction before testing

Hi Doc,It is already known and published that there is no criteria/ restriction( foods , medicines... Read more »

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

is use of homeopathic medicine for sinusitis during window period of hiv has any effect on hiv??? (HOMEOPATHY, 2010)

sir...i am using homeopathic medicine for sinusitis(sinus in nose) disease since nov 2009 and... Read more »

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Recycling HIV Drugs: Exporting Medicine, Experience, and Hope

This article is about a program started by HIV-positive people in New York to send surplus HIV medicines to people who need them in Latin America. Despite the desperate need for HIV treatment in parts of the developing world with soaring rates of... Read more »

Clinton Foundation, Pfizer Inc and Mylan Inc

President Clinton, Pfizer and Mylan Announce New Agreements to Lower Prices of Medicines for Patients With Drug-Resistant HIV in Developing Countries

Pfizer commits to improve access through a 60 percent price decrease to $1 per dose on drug to treat TB in patients taking second-line HIV/AIDS medications. Once-daily four-drug combination for "second-line" treatment of HIV/AIDS available from... Read more »

This Month in HIV: State-of-the-Art: HIV/AIDS Medications for the Treatment Experienced

To help us learn more about dealing with multidrug resistance, I contacted Dr. Eric Daar, the chief of HIV medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles and a professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine. He has been an... Read more »

Consider How HIV Treatment Fits Into Your Life

Are You Ready? It can be hard to take medicines and stay on them when you're feeling well. It's easier to remember and take them when you feel sick. Studies show that even doctors have a hard time staying on a short course of medication, such as... Read more »

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Free HIV medicine

Posted by new2this2010, 1 Reply

I have figured out a way to get my HIV medication for free. It does not cost me one penny at all, thank God! Im sure no one is interested so I wont bother posting the details. Read more »

HIV medicines

Posted by Anonymous

Do you need ANY HIV related drug or any Opportunistic Infection medication, such as: Zerit (d4T), AZT, Abacavir, ddI, ddC, Crixivan, Fortovase, Saquanavir, Viracept, Virammune, Diflucan, any protease inhibitor available at the pharmacy? Do you need... Read more »

HIV - Medicine Early? Support?

Posted by bigdog2007, 3 Replies

In Late-January of 2006, i was a male victim of sexually assault. I went to a local urgent care, and they advised me to get a HIV test. I did get a test, and the test results for RNA came back positive. The ELISA test came back negative. I... Read more »

EXPIRED HIV MEDICINES

Posted by Queenster, 1 Reply

Hiya all, is so sad in some part of the World like Africa more especially Ghana where expired drugs are given to hiv positive people. I don't know which organisation or how the drugs gets to Ghana, but it is so bad to give expired drugs persons... Read more »

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