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Do People Use Kaletra With Truvada

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kaletra/truvada or viramune/truvada

After 7 years of being diagnosed with HIV now my CD4 97, VL 23,000, resistance test came back negative. I'm on bactrim, no oportunistic infections ever or any other illness, all other labs within normal ranges. My doctor advised me to take...
Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine
Your viral load is of a moderate level and most regimens should get you down to an undetectable level. A recent study comparing kaletra and efavirenz (a cousin of nevirapine) combined with drugs like truvada demonstrated that efavirenz regimens got... Read more »

Kaletra and Truvada Side Effects

I have been on my current regimen of Truvada (1 pill once a day) and Kaletra(4 pills once a day)... Read more »

truvada/kaletra side effects

hello doc - i have been now on this regimen for about 3 weeks. am doing i would say pretty well.... Read more »
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CASTLE Study Compares Reyataz to Kaletra

A poster presented at the joint 2008 ICAAC/IDSA meeting in Washington, DC found that after 96 weeks more people taking Reyataz (atazanavir) boosted with Norvir (ritonavir) once daily had HIV levels below 50 copies compared to those taking Kaletra... Read more »
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HIV Treatment News From the 48th ICAAC

Prezista in Children A Better Trofile Isentress vs. Sustiva One Drug Only: Kaletra More One Drug: Kaletra Syphilis and HIV Epzicom vs. Truvada HIV Therapy and Bone Loss Prezista in Children The new-and-improved HIV protease... Read more »
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FAQs About Kaletra (Lopinavir/Ritonavir)

Starting Treatment | Switching Treatment | Side Effects | Drug Interactions | Switching Formulations | Monotherapy Starting Treatment Recently switched to Kaletra, but my viral load is still delectable. Should I worry? I recently... Read more »
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Truvada

Brand name: Truvada Generic name: emtricitabine/tenofovir, or FTC/TDF Class: Nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (nucleoside/nucleotide, NRTI, or nuke) -- fixed dose combination Manufacturer: Gilead Sciences, Inc.,... Read more »
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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 »

New Kaletra Formulation.....

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Hello.
I am looking at changing from Sustiva to Kaletra (My Nuke backbone is Truvada), however I have concerns about the side effect profile of Kaletra.
I hear that the newer formulation of Kaletra has less side effects that the old one - has anyone... Read more »

Kaletra body changes..

Posted by Lovinlife, 1 Reply
I recently started taking Kaletra. Has anybody experienced body changes on Kaletra? My doctor didn't mention anything about it but after looking on line, I see a lot of people saying that Kaletra causes lipodystrophy. Anybody have experience with... Read more »

kaletra

Posted by Lovinlife, 3 Replies
Has anybody taken kaletra? I just started it. Am wondering what I can expect....... Read more »

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