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Does Acyclovir Interact With HIV Meds
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AcyclovirI am currently for about three months on twice a day Combivir/virumen, very healthy cd4 670 VL undetectable, however Lately having Herpes Outbreak, if I take acyclovir would this drug interact with the HIV medications? Please helpProud SupporterA...
Response from Keith Henry, M.D.
University of Minnesota, School of Medicine
Ot is OK to take your HIV meds with acyclovir. KH...
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Is it safe for Hiv Positive people to take Acyclovir?I am hiv positive and have genital herpes. I am not on hiv meds yet.My cd4 count is 540/21% viral... Read more »Drug interaction with acyclovir?I have been on sustiva and truvada for almost a year. VL was undetectable and CD4 was over 800.... Read more »
Articles
Acyclovir: The Next New HIV Drug?In two poster presentations at CROI 2009 in Montreal, Canada, acyclovir, a drug used to treat herpes, shows that it also inhibits HIV during the reverse transcription (RT) step in the virus's life cycle. Two studies looked at how acyclovir affected... Read more »
Surprisingly, Acyclovir for HSV-2 Treatment Fails to Curtail HIV AcquisitionIn this summary of her study, Connie Celum, M.D., of the University of Washington at Seattle, discusses surprisingly disappointing results from a study examining whether the use of acyclovir to treat herpes simplex virus type-2 infection can, in... Read more »
Herpes Drug Acyclovir Does Not Reduce Risk of HIV Transmission, Does Slow HIV Progression, Study SaysThe drug acyclovir, which suppresses herpes simplex virus-2, does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission when taken by HIV-positive people who also have herpes, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington , United... Read more »
Acyclovir and Transmission of HIV-1 From Persons Infected With HIV-1 and HSV-2"Most persons who are infected with [HIV-1] are also infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), which is frequently reactivated and is associated with increased plasma and genital levels of HIV-1," wrote the authors. "Therapy to suppress... Read more »
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Acyclovir - HIV Seroconversion Delay
Posted by worriedman460, 3 Replies
Ok. I did a stupid thing.2 times oral, 2 times vaginal unprotected intercourse on New Year's eve. no excuse for it.... Anyway, I got a real quick cold a couple weeks in... cleared up within a couple weeks. a month afterwards, i got a small lesion... Read more » Itchy skin rash from sun and meds?
Posted by DJones, 4 Replies
I have been on Fluconazole, Acyclovir and Atripla for about 6 months. I noticed problems with a terrible itchy skin rash when I was in the sun when the summer began. I have stayed out of the sun or put sun block on until last Saturday I was at a...
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Zovirax(acyclovir) and HIV tests
Posted by Anonymous
Does the HIV test results get affected if one is on Zovirax(acyclovir) medication when the blood sample for the test is taken. Zovirax is a medication for HSV.Read more » Living with HIV and meds
Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies
I have been HIV + since 97 and am now on meds, since 2001.I am constantly tired and wonder how I will continue rebuilding my life up, going back to work etc. Not working is extremely depressing but the thought sometimes of getting back out there... Read more »
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