Drug Abuse Panel And HAART

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Chemistry Panel

Chemistry (Chem) Screen A large part of your laboratory report is results of the chemistry screen. These tests measure various chemicals in your blood to see whether your body is working correctly. See Fact Sheet 121 for information on the Complete Blood Count and Fact Sheet 123 for information on blood glucose (sugar) and cholesterol tests. Laboratories have different "reference ranges" or normal values for the results of each test. Most lab...

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Opioid and HAART

Dear DoctorMy dear fiend is on terapywith Zerit, Videx and Sustivabut i think he is very crazy because he take another " illegal drugs" like the diabolic heroine.My question is : heroin and opioids can above all provoke interactions with...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

There has been concern about the possibility of drug interactions with HIV meds and narcotics. For example, studies have looked at the use of protease inhibitors with methadone. Your friends current cocktail should generally go OK with his HIV... Read more »

7 panel drug screen

Im currently taking Atripla,and about to start a new job..ive enquired of the clinic which urine drug screen they perform(worries of false positives for canabis on my mind from the Sustiva),and all they can say is that its a 7 panel urine drug...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Unfortunately, I have absolutely no way of knowing which seven-panel drug screen your employer is utilizing! I doubt Professor Sybil Trelawney could divine that information from what you've told me. Be that as it may, why are you so... Read more »

Do I need to start HAART?

I was infected in May 08My lab tests are :2 Oct 08 - 390, 17.0%, VL 65K30 Jan 09 - 342, 19.0%, VL 45K27 May 09 - 368, 17.5%, VL 14KI am asymtomatic except for swollen lymph node, and catching cold and sore throat more often now than before getting...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,1.The optimal time to begin HAART remains a hotly debated topic among HIV specialists. There is no doubt the pendulum is swinging toward earlier intervention as we learn more about HIV pathogenesis and as we develop new, more potent and less... Read more »

DRUG ABUSE AGAIN

I live in poughkeepsie,ny and want to know if anyone can help me find a mental health doctor that takes medicade or wellcare,who deals with hiv people who are trying to stay in recovery and deal with this disease.I was in recovery,and I have started...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

Try calling a community mental health center in Poughkeepsie. You should be able to find one by contacting the county or state department of health or mental health.Another tactic would be to call the NY State Psychiatric Association and see if they... Read more »

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Substance Abuse Counselor Arizona

Posted by Anonymous

Phoenix Shanti Group
Substance Abuse Counselor

Treatment team member providing group/individual substance abuse/mental health services in small ASO. Bilingual preferred. Salary negotiable. Educ/experience required. EOE Phoenix , arizona

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abuse from loved one

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

Hello everyone. Hope you are having a great night. I am having problems with my husband and his rage. He is so angry at being so ill. Yet, he is taking it out on me. The doctor said he has some neurological damage, yet I also know he is using drugs... Read more »

I was abused by my father

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I am 25yrs old. I was abused by my father till I was 19yrs. Then I stood up for myself & opposed it. But I am scared to tell this to anybody else. U are the first person. He never had intercourse with me but performed oral sex on me but I never... Read more »

HAART in Blood vs. Tissue

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Medscape, a physician Web site, published this month a study on "HIV" detection in blood vs. tissue. This highly technical paper basically says in patients taking HAART with no detectable viral load, they found plenty of HIV DNA and RNA in rectal... Read more »

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