Do I Need To Take Combivir

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Starting Therapy Need Info-Lexiva/Combivir

Posted by dretti, 3 Replies

I tested+ a month ago,still adapting,my doc wants to start therapy.Any experience from anybody taking lexiva/combivir
Any side effects experienced,my major fear, any changes in your physical appearence.Anyone with any advice would greatly be... Read more »

Starting medication soon combivir/kaletra...

Posted by jimmyinvegas, 3 Replies

Is this a typical start?

combivir
kaletra

Then after 2-3 months he said he would put me on something else. Been positive for about 4 years (never on meds, they are on their way in mail), My current numbers are 528/140,280. Was up at about 690,... Read more »

First Regimen = Sustiva + Combivir + Kaletra?

Posted by placation, 4 Replies

Hey guys (and gals). I am sure this has been addressed in some other post through some other thread in the past, but it would take forever to try to find those messages. So, here's my question and my issues...

My doc subscribed Sustiva + Combivir +... Read more »

Switching from Combivir to Truvada???

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I started Combivir/Sustiva a year ago. I've had great results. VL undetected. My doctor is suggesting the switch from Combivir/Sustiva to Truvada/Sustiva. Has anyone made the switch. What are the benefits aside from the once a day regimen. Any side... Read more »

Have extra Med need to sell or donate.

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone know if there is a site like E-bay to sell extra med that I accumulated over the last 6 monthas, Combivir and Viramune, sealed in original container. I dont want to throw away. Read more »

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Skinny legs & Arms/Combivir,Viramune NEED HELP!

Hi, I'm 27yrs old have been poz now for a little over 2yrs. I'm on Combivir, Viramune and lipitor. My Viral load is Undectable under 50 copies and my T-cell cd4 is at 600.I have noticed the last year my legs and arms getting really skinny...

Response from Graeme Moyle, M.D.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Once you have discussed with your doctor to determine that what you are seeing is really fat loss and lipoatrophy in your legs and arms then you may wish to consider modifying your combinations to remove the AZT component present in your Combivir.... Read more »

Anemia & Combivir

In Dec 2005 I was started on Combivir and either Sustiva or Pfizer UK-427,857. I am also taking Depakote. I became very anemic in Jan 06, to the point of being placed in the hospital, and receiving whole blood. I was switched to Truvada. I am...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

If you are still taking Depakote while on the Truvada and the anemia doesn't recur that would support the view that the AZT portion of the Combivir was the major factor in the anemia. Depakote can cause anemia so it may be problematic to... Read more »

Combivir withdrawl?

Hi,I've been positive and medicated for about 5 years. Was on Combivir and Nevirapine. My doctor wanted to change my meds for preventative fat loss to Kivexa and Nevirapine. That was 20 days ago and I'm having incredible pain in my...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

Actually, what you describe could easily be a form of a reaction to the abacavir component of the Kivexa. In up to 6-7% of people, there may be a genralized hypersensitivity reaction that occurs in the firt weeks of therapy, and that may begin as... Read more »

Combivir change to Kivexa (Epzicom)

Hi. I took Combivir together with Sustiva for 3 1/2 years, virus load undetectable almost immediatly CD4 always around 250, but the last year around 700. I do a lot of sports (triathlon), and noticed that during a big effort (biking), my muscles...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hello and thanks for posting. There is evidence that AZT has more long-term mitochondrial toxicity than the abacavir (Ziagen) which is in Kivexa (Epzicom). Since mitochondria are the energy producing units of the cell, it makes sense to switch in a... Read more »

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