Effects Of Hiv On The Body

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does paroxitine or any anti depressants effect hiv anti body test

Dr Bob ,your humour filled answers are indeed delightfull.I am really scared,i have been on antidepressant paroxitine 20 mg for the last 2 years my question is will this have any effect on hiv anti body test ,i have tested negative 9 months after...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hey there Worried-Wanna-Be-Yooo-Hooo,First off, it's WOO-HOO, not YOOO-HOO or YAHOO or DOOO-DOOO.Next, you've had eight tests between six to nine months???? Honey, I don't need to save you from mental agony. Rather, I've got to... Read more »

Effects of Penicillin on HIV Anti-Body Test

Hi Dr. Bob,I just want to start out my letter by thanking you for your patience when it comes to... Read more »

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regarding the body effects from HIV

how long does it take for the HIV (AIDS) to show on a human body... and I mean like the minimum... Read more »

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Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

À la Carte -- 5. Managing the Effects of HIV and Meds on the Body

Food-Drug Interactions Following the food guidelines for your meds will reduce the chance of resistant virus. Check with your doctor or pharmacist about food requirements. The interactions between you, HIV, medications and nutrition are... Read more »

Poster Session 42351: The Effects of Oxandralone on Body Weight and Composition in Patients with HIV-Associated Weight Loss

A variety of anabolic steroids are in use to help counteract the severe loss of body weight that effects many patients with advanced HIV disease. Studies have previously shown that HIV-related wasting causes the destruction of body cell mass (or... Read more »

TheBody.com Examines Effects of Hurricane Katrina on HIV-Positive People, Services

Hurricane Katrina's Impact on the AIDS Community ," TheBody.com : TheBody.com has published several articles examining the impact of Hurricane Katrina on HIV-positive people, health care workers and HIV/AIDS-related services in the affected region.... Read more »

Transcript of The Body's Live Chat on HIV Treatment Side Effects With Dr. Joel Gallant

Following is the transcript of The Body's live chat on HIV treatment side effects, which took place on Oct. 17, 2007, at 4 p.m. Eastern Time. The chat was sponsored by Gilead Sciences, Inc., moderated by The Body's editorial staff and hosted by Dr.... Read more »

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HIV side effects? (heart attacks & seizures)

Posted by Carrie, 1 Reply

I'm starting to post more here, and hope I'm not bothering anyone by it. I'm just looking to get further educated.

Anyways, my 33 year old boyfriend is pos and I who am 27 are neg. We've been talking about having a baby (in another post) but another... Read more »

BBC Report on Brain Scan of HIV Effects

Posted by ScotCharles

Link below to copies of MRI brain scans of HIV+ people

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/4319952.stm

Scans show how HIV attacks brain

HIV, which attacks the body's natural defences, also damages the brain, three dimensional medical scans... Read more »

body image

Posted by gabe, 3 Replies

Hi all
I've been living with HIV for 13 years now and I'm not unhappy to have made it this far. My biggest personal issue at the moment is how I look thanks to lipo. I find myself seeing HIV whenever I look in the mirror. Its hard enough to feel good... Read more »

To The Body

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I am so sick of these dissidents postings as I'm sure are several other people. I thought this board was for people who want to share ideas and ask questions about HIV treatment and so on.
To stop all this crap, why not put up a forum for dissidents... Read more »

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