Pregnancy And Antiretroviral Pharmacokinetics

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Important Drug Warning: Results of Pharmacokinetic Study in Healthy Volunteers Given Victrelis (Boceprevir) and Ritonavir-Boosted HIV Protease Inhibitors May Indicate Clinically Significant Drug Interactions for Patients Coinfected With Chronic Hepatitis C and HIV

Dear Health Care Professional, The purpose of this communication is to inform you of recent pharmacokinetic study results evaluating drug interactions between VICTRELIS, an oral chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3/4A protease inhibitor, and... Read more »

Use of Pharmacokinetic Enhancement in Antiretroviral Treatment-Experienced HIV Patients

Abstract Protease inhibitors (PIs) are potent agents for controlling HIV infection. The physicochemical properties that make these drugs inherently effective for suppressing intracellular infection also predispose them to the effects of... Read more »

Gilead Announces Data Demonstrating Pharmacokinetic Boosting Activity of GS 9350

Montreal, Canada -- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced preclinical data and results from two Phase I studies for GS 9350, an investigational compound being developed as a pharmacoenhancing agent ("booster") to increase blood... Read more »

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pregnancy and antiretroviral medication

hi..can u pls tell me the medication after getting rape that is antiretroviral medication would ever tamper in becoming pregnant in ur life? wat r the long term side effects of that drug?...

Response from Sharon Lee, M.D.

University of Kansas Medical Center

There are several antiretroviral regimens used as prophylactic medicine after a rape to try to prevent HIV infection. Some of the medicines may cause a problem if pregnancy occurs while the woman is taking the medicine. However, there are no known... Read more »

Iniitating antiretrovirals in pregnancy

I am a Clinical Immunologist seeking your opinion for the initiation of antiretroviral therapy for a gynecologist who tested HIV positive during the first trimester of pregnancy. Most probably, she aquired the infection occupationally as her...

Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

In settings where combination therapy is possible, a combination of ZDV chemoprophylaxis with additional antiretroviral medications to optimize maternal health is recommended for infected women whose clinical, immunologic, or virologic status... Read more »

Pregnancy, Kaletra and Lexiva

Hi Experts,My girlfriend and I are planning to have a baby.We are both Poz (she is 40 and I am 42yrs). I am not on medications (my vl is around 1400 and Cd4 around 560). She is currently on Sustiva and Truvada.We realized that sustiva is not...

Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

Efavirenz (Sustiva) is not recommended for use during pregnancy because of birth defects observed in baby monkeys whose mothers received the drug during pregnancy. Similar birth defects have also been noted in some human babies whose mothers took... Read more »

Ya soy seropositivo cuando es mejor empezar con el tratamiento antiretroviral

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Response from Steven M. Natterstad, M.D.

Frascino Medical Group

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HIV drugs and pregnancy

Posted by Anonymous

Hi there,
I've been reading through the posts and hope that I am not intruding with my post here. I am doing research for a film on antiretroviral drug treatments for HIV pregnant women and for children. When I started I thought that the options... Read more »

"Positive living" eclipsed by ARV (Antiretroviral

Posted by bradford, 1 Reply

"Positive living" eclipsed by ARV (Antiretroviral) drive

Originally, it seemingly appeared that anyone infected with HIV would progress to disease and die. This has long since been realized to no longer be true. We have individuals all over the... Read more »

AIDS & Pregnancy

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

would hiv show up after 2 years or is that too soon.do they test during pregnancy?

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Pregnancy & HIV Tests

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I've heard that pregnancy can cause a false positive HIV result. Is that true? I'm pregnant, and i was tested a little over 3 months since my last unprotected sexual encounter. The result was negative. Should I test again or is 3 months good... Read more »

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