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Can You Gradually Reduce Hiv Medications
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Gradual HIV related weight lossI tested positive for HIV and Hep C around 1985 due to a Hemophilia clotting factor transfusion. I just started HIV meds in May 2001 after my CD4 count dropped from a steady 600-700 to less than 100. The doctor started me on a regimen of Sustiva,...
Response from Brian Conway, M.D.
University of British Columbia
Thanks for your clear and detailed question. It appears to me that you lost 15 pounds shortly after beginning antiretroviral therapy. You have not had any further weight loss since then, including a period of time on therapy for HCV. The...
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cd4 count gradually decliningdear doc. i am 29 year old man recently got detected hiv+ in june 2005 that time my cd4 was 483 and... Read more »reducing kaletra to reduce side effectsDr Frascino. I have been on kaletra/tenofovir for over 3yrs and have added 3TC in the last 6 months... Read more »
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Medical College of Wisconsin Study Finds Awareness of New Jersey HIV Exposure Law Is Not Associated With Reduced Sexual Risk BehaviorResearchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) surveyed HIV-infected persons in New Jersey between March 22, 2010 and October 6, 2010 on the New Jersey law that requires HIV-positive individuals to disclose their status to sexual partners.... Read more »
Medical Marijuana Might Reduce Nerve Pain Among People Living With HIV/AIDS, Study SaysMedical marijuana might reduce the pain of peripheral neuropathy, a type of nerve damage, among people living with HIV/AIDS, according to a study published in the Feb. 13 issue of the journal Neurology , the Washington Post reports (Weiss, ... Read more »
New York Times Examines Efforts to Reduce Number of HIV-Positive Patients in Africa Who Stop Taking Their MedicationsIn a first-person account in the New York Times , David Tuller of the University of California, Berkeley, writes of his experience shadowing a counselor with Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES), an organization in Kisumu, Kenya, that... Read more »
Trial Looks at Ways to Reduce HIV Transmission and Increase Access to Care and Adherence to HIV Meds Among HIV-Infected IDUsNoting "a lack of effective behavioral interventions for HIV-positive injection drug users (IDUs)," the authors of the current study sought to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention to reduce sexual and injection transmission risk behaviors and to... Read more »
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how to reduce hiv infection
Posted by Anonymous
Ok I hear that saliva has a protien that kills hiv.So if one gets hiv blood on a fresh open cut is the best thing to do to wash it off with soap and water or put saliva on your cut?just curious.Read more » Looks like window period may be reduced to 6 weeks
Posted by Anonymous
Directly from Who.org Testing for HIV antibodies Tests for HIV detect the presence of antibodies to HIV, not the virus itself. Although these tests are very sensitive, there is a "window period. " This is the period between the onset of infection... Read more » Circuncisin "reduce" las infecciones de VIH
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
La circuncisin puede reducir en un 50% el ndice de infeccin de VIH/SIDA en los hombres heterosexuales, demostraron pruebas cientficas llevadas a cabo en frica. El Instituto Nacional de Salud de Estados Unidos (NHI por sus siglas en ingls) decidi que... Read more » Let's reduce the negativity on this site!
Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies
I have been disturbed by the recent influx of extremely negative postings that are appearing on this site. I don't know if this is the work of one bored and angry individual, or if there are various "Anonymous" posters with this problem.This is a... Read more »
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