Best Hiv Meds For Aids

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HIV meds & AIDS

Hello Dr. Henry:Do current HIV meds (HAART)either prevent or slow the future progress of developing AIDS? I've been on Atripla for a little over a year now and I started ART with a low 200 CD4 count....

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Effective antiretroviral therapy greatly diminishes the odds to develop an AIDS-associated event and death. A person is considered to have AIDS when HIV+ and a CD4 count < 200 or if they have developed an AIDS defining infection or other... Read more »

HIV meds treatment & AIDS

Hi,I'm still very unsure about this. I understand that if an HIV-positive person who does not... Read more »

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

Is it possible to take meds and supress HIV and never develop AIDS?

I'm recently diagnosed positive and I have yet to receive my blood results. But if worse comes... Read more »

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

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Articles

Moscow Times Examines How Drug Shortages in Russia Are Leading Doctors to Prescribe Replacement HIV/AIDS Meds to Patients

In Russia, some patients living with HIV/AIDS, whose regular drug therapy was replaced by "another, less preferable drug," are bringing lawsuits against state-run treatment centers in the hopes of returning to their preferred drug regimen, the ... Read more »

Expert Panel Revises U.S. HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines; Recommends Starting HIV Meds Earlier

Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents (PDF) On Dec. 1, the U.S. health department released an updated set of HIV treatment guidelines. Although these guidelines aren't official U.S. policy,... Read more »

Thinning Bones a Growing Problem Among People With HIV; HIV and HIV Meds Appear to Be Culprits

Bone problems have quietly emerged as a major health issue for people with HIV, and HIV meds may be at least partly to blame, according to recent research. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that suggest HIV health care providers and the... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Trial Looks at Ways to Reduce HIV Transmission and Increase Access to Care and Adherence to HIV Meds Among HIV-Infected IDUs

Noting "a lack of effective behavioral interventions for HIV-positive injection drug users (IDUs)," the authors of the current study sought to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention to reduce sexual and injection transmission risk behaviors and to... Read more »

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Bored with MEDS + HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Anybody bored with MEDS, HIV, and the rest of this SHYT.

Who wants to find a SUNNY local, to spend are last days, no matter how long or short.

Lets move to MEXICO. Its cheap, get a nice place, and live peacefully until we meet our maker.

Whenever he... Read more »

can you live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

can you live a normal life without medicines if your HIV+??? How long can live without these medicines? Read more »

hiv meds and "sreet" drugs

Posted by Anonymous

hi

has anyone experienced drugs like ecstasy, coke or ketamine while on HIV meds. Is this affecting the treatment ???

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Question re: boils - meds or HIV related?

Posted by dj1979, 1 Reply

I have a problem. I have been HIV+ for about 2 1/2 years, started on meds in Jan. this year due to falling CD4 (down to 227). Have had to make a couple med changes, currently on Combivir and Kaletra.

About a month ago I got a boil (or abscess, or... Read more »

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