Drugs Used For Hiv Treatment

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HIV Treatment 101

Forget what you've heard about treatment for HIV. HIV treatment in 2009 is a world away from what it was even two years ago. Important new medications and older, proven medications can now be taken less frequently with reduced side effects. Nonetheless, choosing HIV medications and determining when to begin treatment are big decisions. Fortunately, newly infected people not on treatment typically can go 10 years without a single symptom. This...

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Recreational drugs and HIV treatment

I am starting treatment for the first time this week -- I will be taking Combivir and Nevirapine. I am a social person and once in a while will use coke, ecstasy, speed, marijuana. Not often....say, once a month on a Saturday night and not in...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

I am not aware of interactions with this regimen. However, there have been cases of death with ecstasy and ritonavir (Norvir) (Kaletra too) due to an interaction. Speed is not good for the immune system and seems to be associated with viral load... Read more »

Drug Companies and HIV Treatments

Hi Doctors.As a recently diagnosed HIV positive person, I have been doing a lot of thinking lately. (Surprise, surprise!!)I would like your opinion about the drug companies and HIV medication.Obviously, drug companies make a lot of money out of HIV...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

The drug companies are as ethical and moral as the rest of humanity so they are sometimes ethical and moral, and other times not. Is the cure for HIV going to come from a traditional drug company? Probably not, their primary business is drug... Read more »

Liposome drug delivery treatment for HIV

I found information pertaining to a novel HIV therapy called Lipoivir which uses liposomes to deliver AZT and lithium. The researchers feel that this therapy can induce a whole body HIV eradication in a resonable time. I'm calling it to you...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

That is an interesting concept. It is not clear to me how the liposomal AZT would be able to identify/target resting HIV-infected T cells or other sanctuary sites. The toxicity data is very limited as well. I look forward to hearing more about... Read more »

HIV Intravenous drug treatments

I am trying to find out what drugs are available in an IV form so as to help me in making decisions on drug therapies and treatments. I have searched the web and am still confused on what to search for because I get so many things that do not...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

The only antiretroviral that is available in an approved intravenous form is AZT (retrovir). I am not sure why you are looking for IV forms of the antiretrovirals. I can imagine that nausea or swallowing might be problems. If so, treating the... Read more »

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New treatment approach to HIV: trial announcement

Posted by Anonymous

We've applied for patent protection on a novel treatment approach to HIV using existing medications already FDA-approved for other disease indications. We hope our approach will decrease infectivity by HIV virus, as well as delay progression to... Read more »

Early HIV Treatment Failure Linked to Didanosine/T

Posted by TwinsDad, 1 Reply

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 23 - The combination of the antiretroviral agents didanosine, tenofovir, and efavirenz is associated with a high virological failure rate in treatment-naive patients with HIV, British investigators report.

Dr. Desmond... Read more »

HIV and Treatment Denial

Posted by Deny, 3 Replies

I was told a month ago by my doctor that I was HIV positive and that my cd4 count was 380. My doctor informed me of the various treatments to take if my CD4 drops below 350. I told my doctor that I refuse to take any medications, that I am not... Read more »

Cash For Your Opinions On HIV Treatments

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

We are currently conducting a research study on antiretroviral medications that are used to treat HIV infections.

We are inviting the following categories of patients to participate in this study for their opinions:

vAfrican American males ages 30-54... Read more »

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