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Combination Therapy Truvada And Viramune
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truvada and viramuneI'm just starting to take meds. Is truvada and viramune a good drug combination for first line therapy? I've always heard and seen first line therapy should be boosted with a PI....
Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Rocky Mountain CARES
Thanks for your post.I think that both points are not incorrect. Truvada + nevirapine would be a perfectly reasonable alternate first-line non-nuke-based treatment. I'd be cautious to use this in persons with higher CD4 counts (women >250,...
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Doubts about the Viramune/Truvada combo?There seems to be slowly emerging consensus that this regimen should not be offered as first-line... Read more »viramune/epicom vs sustiva/truvada?i am treatment naive and am scared of taking meds....my t cells are 245 @ 17% and my viral load is... Read more »
Articles
Strategies for First Line HIV TherapyTable of Contents Introduction Some Questions to Answer Before Starting First Line Therapy ... When to Start Therapy The Best Starting Combination Remember the Goals of Therapy Two Common Tests for Checking Immune Health NRTIs and NtRTIs ... Read more »
Fat Wasting and HAARTCombination HIV therapy (commonly called ART or HAART) has many benefits, such as strengthening the immune system, improving overall health and dramatically lengthening survival. Newer formulations and combinations of HAART are generally well... Read more »
New Expanded Access Drugs for Use in Combination TherapyThese drugs are only available through expanded access programs. Therefore, they are experimental drugs and information about their best use, drug interactions and safety is limited. September 1998 SUSTIVA/ Efavirenz ZIAGEN/ Abacavir ... Read more »
Raltegravir vs. Efavirenz -- Four Years LaterRaltegravir, sold as Isentress, is the first of a new class of drugs called integrase inhibitors and is used as part of combination therapy against HIV infection. Although already approved in high-income countries and regions, clinical trials with... Read more »
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New combined Truvada/Sustiva combination
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Hi.Just wondered if anybody knew as to when the above co-formulated combo will be available? I s it this year? I am starting with Truvada + Sustiva, but as I not keen on taking tablets anyway, I would rather take just 1 tablet instead of 2. Thank you Read more » Started TRUVADA and VIRAMUNE last night at 6pm
Posted by Augustus, 3 Replies
This is my first experience with fighting my HIV infection that I was diagnosed with on July 1 2005. So far, everything seems normal, even a wee bit better than normal as I feel a great weight lifting. I have agonized over starting meds for 2...
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Day 38 of Truvada / Viramune
Posted by Augustus, 2 Replies
Reached undetectable in 30 days. I was ecstatic to hear that. Only minor side effects, like a moderate fever for four days after starting the HAART regimen... and twice vomited for no reason. Never do that normally. Had to be the body adjusting...
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RED WINE with Truvada / Viramune
Posted by Augustus, 1 Reply
I am on about day 45 of this regimen, my first. Reached undetectable under 30 days, will see doc again on September 7, 6 days away. I have to do labs prior to going, and I gave in to temptation and had two glasses of wine the past three days. The... Read more » Advertisement
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