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Can Cortisone Shot Affect HIV Testing
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Your comment on crotisone Shot affecting HIV antibody testing, quick donationHello Dr. Bob,Thanks for answering my question earlier. I had oral insertive sex (she licked/sucked my penis twice, spitted on it) all unprotected and then applied condom and gave me oral sex. I think the Sex worker was HIV +. I had an DNA PCR at 15...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello,Relax Max! A cortisone shot for eczema given 1.5 months prior to your exposure will not affect the validity of your definitive three-month (from the date of exposure) HIV-antibody test. Likewise, your use of topical cortisone will not affect...
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Several Vaccine Trials Affected by Halt of Merck's HIV Vaccine TrialSeveral vaccine trials are being postponed or modified following the halt of Merck 's experimental HIV vaccine trial, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports (Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer , 11/16). Merck in September announced that it had ended the... Read more »
Latinos Disproportionately Affected by HIV/AIDS, Less Likely to Be Tested, Treated, Report SaysAlthough Latinos are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, they are less likely to be tested or seek treatment for the disease, compared with non-Latinos, according to a report released yesterday by the National Alliance of State and Territorial... Read more »
New York: Law Not Affecting HIV TestingNew York's law requiring the names of HIV-positive individuals to be submitted to the state is not discouraging people from getting tested, according to a study by the Department of Health's AIDS Institute. "Most people didn't even know we had... Read more »
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Any experts! Cortisone during window period!
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Can any expert please advise! Will the use of Cortisone during the window period(3-6 weeks) affect the human body in producing detectable anti bodies for the Hiv tests to detect?Read more » Do any drugs affect HIV test results?
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I am taking valium for anxiety and recently had a negative HIV test. Could taking valium have compromised the HIV test results?
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Medication affecting HIV test
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Where can I find out information about medication affecting results of HIV test? I was on antifungal when I took my test & worried about false negative.Read more » Read this about what affect HIV test and so on!
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http://hopkins-aids.edu/publications/book/ch2_1.htmlFor you all worried! Follow this link and read whats affecting the HIV test-False positive and False negatives and window and so on. Link to HIV medical management 2000/2001. Read more »
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