Alcohol Effects On Hiv

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Alcohol/Smoking Effects on HIV

When other professionals are too busy, or have just become a little calloused to OUR need, thank God you are still there, explaining and giving advice that we understand. I've received more info from this site than my doc in 5 years. Thanks so...

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

Harvard Medical School

Hey Andrew. Thanks for the compliment about the site - although sounds like you need a better relationship with your own provider...?As for cigs and alcohol -- we have no specific link of tobacco smoke to HIV replication. As you mention, there are... Read more »

Effect of alcohol on efficacy of HIV meds &on disease progression

I have AIDS. I have not had alcohol since my diagnosis 8 months ago, at which time I began taking... Read more »

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D. »

effect of alcohol on HIV test?

If my last exposure was 5 years ago, but I drank a six pack of beer a night , was stressed for five... Read more »

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D. »

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Articles

Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

"Heavy" Alcohol Use Affects the Effectiveness of Anti-HIV Meds

At the annual meeting of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, researchers from the University of Miami presented their findings on the impact of heavy alcohol use on anti-HIV therapy. The researchers analysed data from 220 HIV positive... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Longitudinal Association of Alcohol Use With HIV Disease Progression and Psychological Health of Women With HIV

The association of alcohol consumption and depression, and their effects on HIV disease progression among women with HIV, were the subjects of the current study. The participants were 871 HIV-positive women recruited in four U.S. cities between 1993... Read more »

International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

The Role of Alcohol and Drug Relapse Prevention in the Treatment and Prevention of HIV Disease

Although HIV disease and alcohol and drug abuse are distinct illnesses, each profoundly affects the other. Alcohol and drug abuse have been associated with high-risk sexual behavior such as unprotected sexual activity. (1-7 ) Although the... Read more »

Alcohol Consumption and HIV Disease Progression

The authors prospectively assessed the association between HIV patients' alcohol consumption and laboratory markers of HIV disease progression. Between 1997 and 2003, 595 HIV patients with alcohol problems were recruited, and researchers assessed... Read more »

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Alcohols effect on progression

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello,
I am 27 and I was just diagnosed positive on March 4 of this year. I am trying to educate myself as much as possible and I have been reading a great deal about nutrition and it's effect on the progression of the disease. I, however, have not... Read more »

Anti viral drugs + alcohol

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Is there any information that due to the effect of anti viral combination treatments that the liver& kidneys cannot process alcohol as quickly ? Read more »

Alcohol

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

the night before I got tested I consumed a lot of alcohol. about 12 hours after i drank I took my HIV test. I was wondering if anyone would know if the alcohol i consumed the night before would have any effect on my test? Would it give me a false... Read more »

HIV, alcohol and patience.

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I am so worried about being impatient about everthing! I drink alcohol daily and take sustiva and combivir.
Will alcohol and also zoloft for depression interact with the alcohol??? I work the afternoon shift and find it hard to get out of bed. HELP! Read more »

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