Current Treatment For AIDS

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CLOSE THE GAPS: How to Counter the Retreat From HIV Treatment Scale-Up; Current and Future Prospects for Scaling Up Optimal AIDS Treatment

Transcript (.pdf) --> For more information on this session, including access to speaker presentations, please see the conference Programme-at-a-Glance. The past decade has shown that providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) makes clinical,... Read more »

Global Commitments to Provide Universal Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment Will Not Be Met at Current Pace, Report Says

Efforts to provide HIV-positive people in developing countries with universal access to treatment by 2010 will fall short at their current pace, according to a report released on Monday by ActionAid International as part of Global AIDS Week,... Read more »

Current Research on the Mechanisms Causing Lipoatrophy and Potential Treatments

Differential Effect of HIV Protease Inhibitors on Adipogenesis: Intracellular Ritonavir Is Not Sufficient to Inhibit Differentiation (Poster 724) Authored by C. Vernochet, S. Azoulay, D. Duval, R. Guedj, G. Ailhaud, C. Dani A Prospective Cohort... Read more »

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Repeat submission : about info. sources on current treatment regimes

I see no answers to questions dated later than Feb 26th, so the answer to this one may still be in the pipeline. What (if any) is regarded as the best concise and up-to-date guide to treatments for HIV/AIDS/OI currently recommended or preferred by...

Response from Judith Currier, M.D.

University of CA, LA School of Medicine

Sorry for the delay in the answers, I answered several questions on March 1st but I did not see this one. I would direct you to a few sources. For OI guidelines there was a publication of new guidelines in June of 1997 of in MMWR. These can be found... Read more »

The Current State of Corticosteroid Treatment in HIV Disease

Dear doctor,Last year a British group published the results of a 10-year long study of low-dose prednisolone in 44 moderately advanced HIV patients. The results were mixed, but reported as good (over-all).I read that HIV disease is primarily caused...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

I don't know the details of the British study that you reference, but there was an interesting <a href="http://www.thebody.com/confs/aids2004/pierone1.html" target=_new>German study</a> of long-term low dose prednisolone... Read more »

Current Life Expectancy?

I was diagnosed with HIV at the start of 1996 shortly after losing my virginity. I commenced medication after falling ill with TB menningitus in 2008 after which my viral load has become undetectable with a CD4 at 1475. During the time I was i...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Predicted life expectancy for HIV+ persons doing well on treatment (undetectable viral load, CD4 > 500) has in some studies nearly matched that of HIV negative controls. Life expectancy depends in many non-HIV factors including current age,... Read more »

curious about your current med regimen

hello Mr vergel, im about to start my first hiv med regimen and thinking of diff first line regimens to start with...have been diagnosed for 3 yrs now..but prob poz for about 4 yrs..i'm very inspired by the way you look and prob feel and just...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

Believe me, you do not want to take my 4 drug medication combo. It is for what we call "advanced patients with multidrug resistance". You are "naive to treatment" and our medication options are simpler than mine.The key to... Read more »

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Current Treatment Options, and Prospects

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I just want to know, how good are the currently available treatments, and what are the prospects for newly infected persons? The new drugs, anounced at the Retroconference, when do you think they will be available, and what effect are they going to... Read more »

currently pregnant/recently gave birth

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I am currently writing a story for the magazine HIV plus (hivplusmag.com) on the options available and optimal treatments for HIV-positive individuals who are choosing to have children. I am interested in speaking with women who recently gave birth... Read more »

Questionaire on AIDS and Treatment For HS Biology

Posted by thom26

Hello,
My name is Thomas Nesbitt and I am doing an extensive research project for a senior biology class on HIV/AIDS. I am looking for people preferably with AIDS, but if you just have HIV currently, it is perfectly fine. Any response helps. Please... Read more »

Safe, Natural & Effective HIV/AIDS Treatment

Posted by MICA_INC, 1 Reply

SEEKING CLINICAL TRIALS SPONSORSHIP & VOLUNTEERS

We are trying to get HIV Groups & Organizations, Medical and Pharmaceutical Institutions, and Universities and the Medical & Scientific Communities aware, informed and interested in MM-1,... Read more »

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