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Atripla And A Cold Or Flu

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Viral Load | Cold | Atripla

Hello,I started Atripla this past July after 8 years (the past 2 being undectable) of Trizivir/Sustiva. I was undectable with my first set of labs taken one month after I began Atripla. Prior to my most recent labs, I had an upper respiratory...
Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine
Various ongoing infections can elevate the viral load and this usually occurs in people not on HIV meds or with those who have detectable viral loads. it generally has to do with HIV infected cells getting activated and turning on virus replication.... Read more »

Low CD4 and Just Started Atripla: Common Cold Danger?

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flu like, or cold like?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
When symptoms are described as Flu like are they different from the common cold?
What would be consistent with flu like symptoms?
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Cold/Flu? whats the DIFF?!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
ANYONE? some say u can tell a flu when u have it...so what is it , compared with a cold?

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Is ARS like the Cold or Flu?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Does ARS seem more like a cold or the flu? Usually with the flu you feel sick and nausions. With a cold you dont usually feel too bad, just usually a sore throat but the main thing is you are really congested. With ARS is it common to be... Read more »

Flu/cold and PCP

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