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Can The Depo Shot Cause HIVes?
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depo testosterone shots won't show any difference.Greetings Doctor, I am on 200mg Depo Testosterone now. I am taking 1M injection once in 2 weeks. So far I took 3 of them. The last one was yesterday. Unfortunately, I could find any change that I expected in my libido, desire and erections. Does...Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.
New York University, School of Medicine
Dear John,It may be that you are not getting a large enough dose of testosterone or that you are not getting it often enough. You can either increase the dose or increase the frequency to weekly or both. Some people just require more testosterone to...
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Testosterone Shots Cause Wasting?Dr.Graeme Moyle,you helped me so much with your answers to my questions about my Lipodystrophy... Read more »Can Stocrin & Truvada cause hives after 5 years?Hello,Thank you for taking my questions. I have been on Atrpla for 2 years, then switched to... Read more »
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine: For Women Already Exposed to HPV, Shots May Not Be as HelpfulOn June 8, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Merck & Co.'s vaccine Gardasil, which protects against the two HPV strains responsible for 70 percent of all cervical cancers and two strains that cause genital warts. On June 29, the... Read more »U.S. OKs Glaxo's Cervical Cancer ShotGlaxoSmithKline announced Friday that the Food and Drug Administration has approved its Cervarix vaccine for U.S. females ages 10 to 25. Cervarix fights two strains of the STD human papillomavirus (HPV) linked to about 70 percent of cervical... Read more »House Rejects Shots for HPVBy a voice vote late Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives passed a bill banning the use of federal funds for state mandates requiring girls to be vaccinated against the STD human papillomavirus (HPV). The legislation, sponsored by Rep.... Read more »Canada: Cervical Cancer Survivor Urges Young Girls to Get HPV ShotCanada's concerted effort to vaccinate girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) reached two-thirds of Edmonton's Grade 5 girls last year, a figure that health officials are striving to exceed. The four virus strains addressed by the vaccine are... Read more »
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flu shot
Posted by shadesofgrey, 1 Reply
I just read on dr. bob column that a flu shot can cause indeterminate results on hiv test, does anyone have anymore info on that. thanks
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Feeling like crap and trying to find causes...help
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
HIV+ since 1990. CD4 up to over 700, viral ld at 30k. On new regs, no labs done yet. I don't have anemia or diabetes. I do have depression, but it manifests itself in different ways. This feels like the flu, literally. Everything going around I... Read more » More on the Controversy
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Mr. Anonymous claims there is not one single scientific paper proving that HIV causes AIDS. Some here on The Body have responded saying that common sense and 10th grade biology proves the connection. Mr. (or Ms.) Anonymous, you claim conspiriacy,... Read more » What is love?
Posted by NeverQuit2003, 2 Replies
I think I'm sick in the head. I can't figure out what love is.Maybe growing up in a dysfunctional family caused me some traumatic psychological injury that prevents me from knowing what love is or how to conceptualize and verbalize what it is. Maybe... Read more »
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