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Can You Get Hiv From Smoking Pot
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Ask the Experts
Smoking Pot affecting HIV medsHi, Dr. BobMy lover is HIV+ for over 10 years now (I'm negative). He's undetectible and his t cell count is 278. He smokes marajuana several times a day. I would definitely say he's a major stoner. I'm curious to know what...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi Lorenzo,Wow, is your lover Willie Nelson? Bill Maher? No matter. There is no significant drug-drug (or drug-"herb") interaction between Mary Jane and HIV meds. That said, extremely heavy use can pose other problems, such as irritation...
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Second Hand Pot Smoke Possible Interaction with Sustiva?I am a 33 year old HIV Poz man who is attached to another guy with the same HIV status plus he is... Read more »Second Hand Pot Smoke Possible Interaction with Sustiva?I am a 33 year old HIV Poz man who is attached to another guy with the same HIV status plus he is... Read more »
Articles
Hidden Pots of GoldThe market for the sale of life insurance -- viatication -- has taken a nosedive in 2000. Yet an almost totally ignored way to get cash out of life insurance, at almost no cost, remains: accelerating the payout of life insurance directly with the... Read more »
Smoking Deadlier for HIV Patients Than Virus Itself: StudyA study by Dr. Marie Helleberg of Copenhagen University Hospital and colleagues showed that individuals with HIV infection who received proper care, but who were smokers, lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV. The researchers examined... Read more »
Smoking and HIVWhy Is Smoking More Dangerous for People With HIV? What Are the Risks of Smoking? How Do I Quit Smoking? The Bottom Line For More Information Why Is Smoking More Dangerous for People With HIV? People with HIV disease are more likely to... Read more »
Smoking Tobacco and HIVIf you have HIV or AIDS and smoke cigarettes, you put extra stress on your body. Smoking weakens your immune system, making it harder to fight off deadly infections like fungal thrush, oral hairy leukoplakia (caused by the Epstein-Barre virus), as... Read more »
Connect With Others
pot to help?
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Just wondering how many people use medical marijauna to help with depression, eating whatever... I've been using it for awhile now and I think it helps but I want to know your thoughts?
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Cocaine, Pot and antibodies production
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I've been reading in some Web Sites and some posts in thois forum that antibody production can be delayed way longer, whrn you use cocaine and marijuana, I have negative Oraquiks at 3, 6 and 12 months after an incident with someone that some weeks...
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Smoking Cessation & HIV
Posted by beautiful23, 1 Reply
Did you know..People with HIV have higher smoking rates than the general population? People with HIV who smoke are more likely to have HIV medical complications, such as: *bacterial pneumonia *HIV related pulmonary emphysema * hairy leukoplakia *oral... Read more » Smoking Cessation & HIV
Posted by beautiful23
Did you know..People with HIV have higher smoking rates than the general population? People with HIV who smoke are more likely to have HIV medical complications, such as: *bacterial pneumonia *HIV related pulmonary emphysema * hairy leukoplakia *oral... Read more » Advertisement
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