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European Union to Approve One-Pill-a-Day Treatment for HIV Patients

On Monday, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Gilead Sciences Inc. said European regulators have approved their HIV drug Atripla, clearing the once-daily combination treatment for sale in the 27 EU member nations. Atripla is the first one-pill, once-a-day... Read more »

Leaders Respond to World AIDS Day; South Africa to Expand HIV Treatment Program

Marking World AIDS Day on Tuesday, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon "warned ... that new infections are outpacing the gains from treating people with the HIV virus" and that discrimination against HIV-positive people remains "widespread," the... Read more »

Medical Students Join On World AIDS Day to "Cut the Red Tape'' Impeding Effective HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment

Reston, Va. -- On the eve of World AIDS Day, 350 Chicago-area medical student members of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) are expected to rally starting at noon in front of Senator Obama's office, followed by a march to the Illinois... Read more »

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HIV treatment one a day with big supper and a glass of red wine

I take 400 mg of atazanavir, 1.000 mg of invirase and 1 tablet of truvada at night with a really big supper (like a dinner). But with supper I take a glass of red wine (it is the only wine or alcohol I drink, dont drink absolutely anything else)....

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

First of all, you are on an unusual dose of medications. The usual dose of invirase is 1,000 mg given with 100 mg of ritonavir twice daily. While atazanavir can "boost" up saquinavir levels, it is not as potent as ritonavir. Also, BMS... Read more »

Best latest once a day treatment

Doctor what is the best recommended once a day hiv treatment regime that you find to be highly effective.You can advice on the best once a day pill or alternatively the best two times a day combo. I am not sick yet and still healthy despite being...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.There isn't one "best" initial HIV treatment, but rather, the principles of HIV medications speak to individualizing the choice of medications, as there are several regimens that are recommended.For... Read more »

Results after 30 days of treatment

Hi Dr. thanks for your permanent help and assistance that are always usefull. I tested a month ago HIV positive with VL 135K log 5.130, CD4 405 & CD4%33, I started immediately Combivir+Stockrin even knowing that I was recently infected two...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

You have had an excellent response and likely will have an undetectable viral load in another month or so. You may get a little further bump in CD4 count, but you are currently in the normal range and we don't know where you started at. The RDW... Read more »

Stopped treatment after 4 days during acute infection

Thank you for all the information available on this site. I know the question of whether or not to start treatment during acute infection is a popular one, but I have a slight variation. I was diagnosed with HIV a few weeks ago via viral load...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hello and thanks for posting. A five day treatment course for acute HIV infection will be very unlikely to result in development of viral resistance. One point that is not always stated in the discussion of management of primary HIV infection is... Read more »

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World AIDS Day 2007 - Deconstructing 'HIV'

Posted by Amun, 6 Replies

Ten years ago electronmicrographs (EMs) were published in Virology, March 1997 (Gluschankof et al and Bess et al) clearly depicting what was assumed to be 'HIV' was in fact cellular debris and mircrovesicles proving that no one is 'HIV' positive... Read more »

bad day with HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Yesterday was one of the worst I have had since being diagnosed three years ago. All summer, I have been struggling with muscle pain and fatigue. Doc has concluded that it is caused by AZT, so we are switching that out.

I changed meds a month ago... Read more »

I found out 6 days ago I have HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I found out six days ago I'm positive. I'm truly numb...can't even imagine this as reality. I have three small children and can almost not bear to look at them.
The people who needed to know have been told and are taking steps to find out... Read more »

good days/bad days

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Well here goes! I ve slept with three women in 4 years. Two of which were 12 months ago when my long term girlfriend and I split up. I developed a thrush condition which cleared up after appropriate treatment. However like many other people on here... Read more »

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