Will My HIV Drugs Stop Working

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Should I have stopped meds that were working for me?

I developed side effects of high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high glucose for the second time in my treatment for HIV. This time my doctor tried to regulate the high chlorestrol with lipitor which didn't help much and when my sugar...

Response from Susan Little, M.D.

University of California San Diego

Although your resistance test does sound a bit confusing, there is clearly data to show that people who remain on therapy (despite the lack of complete viral suppression) have a reduced risk of disease progression compared to those who stop therapy... Read more »

STOPPING MY TRUVADA'?????? (BONE DISEASE AND HIV/AIDS, 2011)

HII HAVE BEEN ON KALETRA Y TRUVADA FOR 4YRS NOW AND TODAY MY DC HAS TOLD ME TO STOP THE TRUVADA AND JUST TAKE KALETRA 2 IN THE MRNING N 2 EVENING??I HAVE JUST RECENTLY IN 2010 HAD 2 TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS DUE TO AVASCULAR NICROSIS,PLEASE PLEASE IS...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Mark,Truvada has been associated with bone loss problems (osteopenia and osteoporosis). However, there has not been a firm link with osteonecrosis (avascular necrosis). I'll reprint below some information from the archives about bone disease... Read more »

To Stop, or Not To Stop?

Hi,Thanks for all the great work you all do. It sure is appreciated by many.I have been on a combination of D4T, 3TC and Neviripine since diagnosis 5 years ago. VL prior to start was 12,500 and CD4 was around 500. Have been undetectable VL ever...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

Well, thanks for the thanks, and the opportunity to address this key issue. As there is much uncertainty to the answer. And much interest in it. It is perhaps not surprising your clinician is offering you the option - but I can imagine the... Read more »

Stopped Drug Regiment

I have been battling severe depression for more than a year now and was dianosed with HIV in Sept 04, I initially have a cd4 count of only 3 and my viral load was greater than 750,000. In December after 3 months on meds my cd4 have increased to 65...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

There should be no long term consequences. But you need to go back on meds ASAP given your advanced HIV status.... Read more »

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Rutgers researchers may have stopped HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies

Rutgers researchers may have stopped HIV

Associated Press - December 12, 2004

Piscataway, N.J. - Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a trio of drugs they believe can destroy HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to a published... Read more »

stopping hiv meds

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

My doctor yesterday threw me for a loop when he asked me about stopping my meds. I have been HIV+ since 1989 with a viral load of 200 or under and a T cell count of over 1100. These numbers have remained relatively consistent for years. Does anyone... Read more »

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