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... Read more »

Testosterone Shots Cause Wasting?

Dr.Graeme Moyle,you helped me so much with your answers to my questions about my Lipodystrophy... Read more »

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Hives

Hello - this is quite complicated so please bear with me. I have hives and I'm ready to jump... Read more »

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Etravirina (Intelence)

Marca comercial: Intelence Otro(s) nombre(s): ETR Clase de medicamento: Inhibidor de la transcriptasa inversa no análogo de los nucleósidos Uso aprobado: Infección por el VIH ADVERTENCIA: La etravirina puede causar efectos secundarios... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cervical Cancer Vaccine: For Women Already Exposed to HPV, Shots May Not Be as Helpful

On 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 Shot

GlaxoSmithKline 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 HPV

By 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 »

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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 Read more »

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 »

Having a very tough time of it...

Posted by Toivola, 4 Replies

Hi all,

Really no words can describe this period as it seems most of you know as I have found my way here and the pain that it has caused. My story is like so many that I have now been reading. 9 weeks ago had an episode with a condom breaking and... Read more »

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