Access To Hiv Medication

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New California Law Could Increase Access to Post-Exposure Prophylaxis HIV Medication

A new California law (AB 879 ) requiring the state Department of Health Services to form a task force aimed at creating treatment guidelines for inadvertent sexual or needle exposure to HIV could help increase access to post-exposure prophylaxis,... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Rural HIV-Infected Women's Access to Medical Care: Ongoing Needs in California

In much of the United States, "little is known about HIV care among rural populations," the authors wrote. Women living with HIV in rural areas often have considerably less access to care than their counterparts in urban and suburban settings. The... Read more »

Hong Kong Police Denied HIV-Positive Detainees Access to Medications, Report Says

Police in Hong Kong have committed human rights violations, including denying HIV-positive detainees access to drugs, according to a report released on Monday to the U.N. from the Hong Kong People's Alliance on WTO and the Asian Human Rights... Read more »

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do HIV meds adversely affect vein health or access? (HIV + hemophilia)

My husband, with severe hemophilia, began HIV meds in 1997. He requires daily self infusions of clotting factor to treat his severe hemophilia. In this past year, his veins have simply stopped allowing venous access - not just at usual access sites,...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Frequent infusions and blood draws over a lifetime is hard on the veins of many patients making venous access frequently a challenge. I have not observed that venous access appears to be a problem caused by HIV medications (20+ years of HIV med use... Read more »

Access to surrogate mother by hiv+ man and hiv- woman(who cannot carry a baby)

i am hiv+ and my wife is hiv-. We have been married for 11 years without a child. We have tried invitro fertilisation with sperm washing but it was unsuccessful because my wife has had three previous fibroids surgeries, which according to the gynaec...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Use of a surrogate mother in situations like your can be a complicated and expensive process. Many fertility clinics have only modest experience with complex HIV+ situations. I have referred several patients to the OB/fertility clinic at Columbia... Read more »

Access to new HIV drugs in 2010

What are the 2010 options for salvage patients? I have low t cells and I'm also dual-tropic. I would like to know if I can access any upcoming studies for patients in my situation?...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

I attempted to provide an update on where we are in the development of HIV medications that may help people like us who have multi drug resistance and may be in clinical decline. There is a small population of HIV+ patients who cannot currently... Read more »

Home Access HIV test

I know that you get a lot of questions about HIV and accurate testing so here is one more. My husband of 15 years was having an affair. Once I found out, we split up. I was concerned about STDs, especially HIV. I took the Home Access HIV-1 test and...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I'm sorry to hear about your husband's passing.Your negative Home Access test two years after your last exposure to him is definitive and conclusive. HIV is not your problem. No way. No how. Certainly if my reassurance is not... Read more »

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Access to drugs

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi! I'm trying to get a more realistic feel for people's access to anti-HIV medications and health care. To what extent does your private insurance and/or Medicare cover your medications/health care, and if you have no insurance, how do you get... Read more »

Known Exposure(?); PEP; HEP C "cured"; Home Access

Posted by login123

What a roller coaster this has been. In November, I started having sex with someone who was HIV + and "cured" of Hep C for several years (5+). I saw his medical records. With regards to HIV, he had an undetectable viral load <20 for years and was... Read more »

HIV-1, HIV-2, and Home Access

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi, I have been reading posts for a few days and there seems to be alot of knowledgable people on this board. Does anyone here know if HIV-2 is common in the United States? And, if you are infected with HIV-2 and not HIV-1, would your Home Access... Read more »

Home Access, how good at 2 months?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi, I've been frantically reading this board for 2 months, but I seldom post. I figured out the only way to potentially restore my happiness now is to take a test. Now I'm at 8 weeks after the possible exposure. My state has the name reporting... Read more »

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