Do Hiv Medications Make You Sick

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Sickness bug and medications

Please can you help?I'm on medication for my HIV and take both Sustiva and Kivexa at 10pm every night without missing any!!!! The thing is over the Christmas period i was sick, once at 4 o'clock in the morning and again the night after at...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

With the CD4 count and viral load you reported, your antiretroviral medications appear to be working fine. I don't know what sickness you had, but not every illness is related to HIV. Even people without HIV sometimes get viral infections or... Read more »

Medic worried Sick :Body Lotion +Condom + Receptive anal with ejaculation [ no other similar questions]

Dear Bob, You have been a pillar of hope till now and your good luck karma has indeed been a... Read more »

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HIV and HIV-related sickness

Hi!Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. My boyfriend was diagnosed with HIV on May... Read more »

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just got sick found out hiv + at 50

Posted by mike817, 4 Replies

my life is upside down I was just in the hospital for two weeks had tested neg two years ago now positive and my world is upside down. I started meds and I have little knowledge as to what I am going to experience over the coming months years. At 50... Read more »

scared sick or HIV?

Posted by QQQ, 2 Replies

Can anybody help? I had unprotected vaginal sex with female a met in a bar back in mid april 2000. She was slightly menstruating at the time. I developed some small zits around my groin area, but they went away after a week and have not returned.... Read more »

What's the point...... sick of being sick

Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies

I think I have lost my desire to keep fighting this disease. I am always tired and the meds make me sick.

My viral load is 30k and my cd4's are around 300... but I am just tired of it. I have was diagnosed in 97 and started feeling ill around the... Read more »

worrying myself sick!!

Posted by jerri, 3 Replies

It's me again all. I am soooooo scared right now. My doctor told me that my results were due tomorrow but he told me to call Wednesday since many times the results come back quicker because we are only about 30 miles away from the lab that the... Read more »

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