Best Hiv Regimen For Liver Problems

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Adherence to HIV Drug Regimens

Table of Contents Strong Drugs to Fight HIV The Importance of Adherence Starting and Choosing HIV Drugs Barriers to Adherence for Women Overcoming Barriers Adherence Tips Finding Support Strong Drugs to Fight HIV The many advances in HIV treatment in the past 20 years have led to theapproval of 25 drugs that fight HIV, as well as five combination pills thatcontain two or more HIV drugs. This is a remarkable...

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Liver Function Problems

Hello,Its time to change my meds. I was diagnosed in 1991. First PI containing regime contained Crixivan brought my VL to undetectable but gave me kidney stones and made my hair fall out. Changed to Viramune and Truvada. VL shot up to 30,000 and...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

In my experience it would be quite unusual for there to develop acute liver inflammation from HIV drugs after doing well on them for a long time. Did you under go CT studies or ERCP to evaluate the status of your biliary tree and to look for... Read more »

I need a new HIV treatment regimen

Hi Dr Henry, I'm at a point where I need to change my treatment regimen. I'm resistant to only viracept at this point but I've taken crixivan back in the day and had to stop due to side effects. I broke out in a head to toe rash from...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

You need to get a resistance profile including a Trofile (CCR5) assay. A regimen including some combination of a different boosted PI (such as darunavir), an alternative NNRI (such as etravirine), and integrase inhibitor (such as raltegravbir),... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Nodular regenerative hyperplasia is an extremely rare condition, most recently described in HIV-infected patients. At first there was some concern about a relationship between this disease and ddI, but more recent work does not suggest this... Read more »

Question #1: problems with first regimen Question #2: Nelfinavir

Question #1:Dear Doctor, My wife began treatment with AZT + 3TC on 7th June. On 14th Julyshe tried to add Crixivian but vomited violently after the very first dose.No other doses were taken. She took the Crixivain after a meal on thedoctor's...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. Only your wife's physician can answerthese types questions. Nobody on the Internet can tell your wife whattreatment options are best for her. This is because nobody on the Internetknows her entire medical... Read more »

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Liver problems, any relation?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi guys, How good to have you out there to share my worries.
After a high risk sexual relation over 3 months ago, I have had a flue on 2 occassions, once after 4 weeks, and then after 10 weeks.
I have had 3 hiv tests done, at 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 12... Read more »

Joint Pain caused by liver, HIV, meds, arthritis?

Posted by ScotCharles, 3 Replies

Has anyone experienced joint pain that was diagnosed as relating to either HIV or the meds? Don't laugh now, but my elbows are warm to the touch, and I have a burning pain in them. I have liver problems which cause my right shoulder and the right... Read more »

Liver-Related Deaths More Common Among HIV+

Posted by ScotCharles, 1 Reply

Yet more reason to be cautious about use of HAART and to work on liver health by not drinking alcohol, not smoking, and maintaining a healthy weight.

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The correct med regimen

Posted by Jim327040, 2 Replies

I was diagnosed in December of 08. Viral load 10,000, CD4 93. I had no idea I had the virus and was not sick. A public health center started me on Atripla. After 2 months, my creatinine levels were moving up (not good). The doctor recommended... Read more »

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