Affect Of Hiv On Breathing

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Recreational Drugs and HIV

How Does Recreational Drug Use Affect HIV? Recreational drug use can make people more likely to be infected by HIV. Also, for people taking antiretroviral medications (ARVs) to fight HIV, there can be some serious interactions between drugs and ARVs. These interactions can lead to under- or overdoses of ARVs or recreational drugs. Some of these may be fatal. Drugs And Getting Infected With HIV Using alcohol or drugs before or during...

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bad breath

have been takenh Atrpla for abou 6 monts now and was wondering if it was a side affect from the meds ?...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Good question. I have had scores of patients on Atripla and don't recall new bad breath as a complaint voiced by any of them. To my knowledge bad breath (halitosis) has not been reported as a problem clearly linked in Atripla. Halitosis is... Read more »

drug strength affected by HIV meds?

I have bone pain on a regular basis after many specialists, and many non-allergic medications, we found one that worked. I am on 5m/oxycodone/325mgAPAP:30mgs/a day however for whatever reason my Dr. has decided to try and change the dosage for fear...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

You don't provide details about which HIV medications you are on. In my experience some HIV meds seem to alter narcotic drug levels (often an increase in the case of protease inhibitors). There is high variability in the effects of different... Read more »

shortness of breath

hi,i been having shortness of breath,sic 2001 little by little!i had 2 strokes back 2 back,from what they could not come to a answer!i've been on every breathing med,every chest,lung test,nothing!in 2009,i found out i had hiv,for the 1st...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.It's not clear from what you've described what the cause of your symptoms is (are). Shortness of breath can result from a wide range of issues, ranging from lung, heart, muscular, neurological, allergy or... Read more »

putrid body and breath odor and HIV

Why do i have a really putrid body and breath odor? I was diagnosed with HIV+ in October 2008 and have just started meds a week ago...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

New body odor has not been an issue with the vast majority of persons with either HIV infection or on treatment. I thorough history and physical (including oral/nose/sinus exams) focusing particularly on intake of food/vitamins/and your particular... Read more »

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7/9, New York, NY: Spiritual HIV Support Dinner Forum for all affected by HIV and AIDS

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Spiritual HIV Support Dinner Forum for all affected by HIV and AIDS
Monday, July 9
6:30pm - 9:00pm
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Can't breath...

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The girl from this summer who had an HIV test and from whom I received unprotected oral had a doc appt for results today for HIV, red blood cell count, white blood cells, platlets, etc... to see why she is so tired... It was at 5pm and it's now... Read more »