First Line Hiv Medications

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First-Line HIV Medications

Since the late 1980s, more than 30 medications and drug-combination pills have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat HIV. However, not all of these meds are recommended for first-line HIV treatment. Using the links in the... Read more »

Indian Government Plans to Provide Access to Second-Line Antiretrovirals After First-Line Drug Treatment Target Is Met, Official Says

The Indian government plans to provide HIV-positive people with access to second-line antiretroviral drugs as early as next year, National AIDS Control Organization Director-General Sujatha Rao said on Tuesday, AFP/ Yahoo! News reports. Rao... Read more »

Stribild ("Quad") Recommended as Alternative First-Line HIV Treatment Regimen by U.S. Guidelines Panel

The newly approved four-in-one HIV drug Stribild (elvitegravir/cobicistat/FTC/tenofovir), also known as the "Quad," has gotten a tentative nod from the panel of experts that revises the official U.S. HIV treatment guidelines for adults and... Read more »

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medication-from second line to first line

when i was first daignosed with hiv 4 months back cd4 count-151,my physician started with second line of tretment as :one tenofir disproxil fumarate/emtricitabine + 2 loponvir/ritonavir in the morning and 2 loponvir/ritonavir in the night.No after...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,These are questions you should be asking your HIV specialist physician. It's very difficult for me to second guess his reasons for selecting one regimen over another without knowing much more about your specific situation, such as your... Read more »

US internship and first-line medication

Hello,I am a 21 year-old, living in England, who was diagnosed almost three weeks ago. It was a terrifying bolt from the blue - I was convinced that I had never had unprocted sex, until I remembered one time last sumemr when I was too drunk to know...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Most of the questions you ask, you will end up answering yourself as the fog surrounding a new diagnosis of HIV starts to lift. The most important thing is how you are feeling. If you are feeling well, that is the most important thing. Can you go... Read more »

Four pill first line regimen

just find out that I'm Hiv positive , my Doctor told me CD count 230 VL 180,000 which is very high I will start meds next week four pills a day one of them is Truvada with other three pills which I can't remember their names it's...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hello and thanks for posting. If this is a new program does this mean a clinical trial? If so, there will typically be an informed consent document that details the study. The other possibility is that your provider may have Truvada along with... Read more »

Best first line regimen

Dear Doctor,I am a 40 yr. old male. I have found out that I was hiv pos. in May 2005. My first counts were cd4 412 vl 10,000. My second cd4 was 420, no vl checked. I went to my ID Docotr on 12-14-05. My new numbers were cd4 350, vl 101,000. He is...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hello and thanks for posting. One of the first places to visit when exploring the data on initial therapy for HIV infection is the DHHS <a href="http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/AdultandAdolescentGL.pdf"... Read more »

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First line hiv regimens

Posted by nwkmateo, 1 Reply

Can anybody tell me what medication combinations are commonly prescribed as a first line therapy that DO NOT include a truvada component.

My doctor dosent want me to take meds with truvada because she believes it is the culprit of my severe vomiting.... Read more »

Resistant, then what? How many lines of therapy?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

What percentage of folks infected with HIV are basically screwed by total resistance right out of the gate? I know resistance forms of HIV is becoming more common, but generally there is still a line of treatment options that will work for these... Read more »

recent news on late seroconversion: read last line

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

http://www.thebody.com/confs/retro2006/wilkin1.html

Morpeth et al also described a single unusual case in which an individual did not develop an antibody response for one year after first having a viral load of more than 10 million copies/mL. This... Read more »

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