Gaining Weight On Atripla

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Weight Gain with Atripla?

I was wondering if it is common to have weight gain when taking Atripla? I have heard it slows the metabolism down. Is this true?...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Many patients gain 5-10 pounds of weight during their first year on HIV treatment often independent of the particular regimen. That is often mostly fat as a hyper metabolic state induced by uncontrolled HIV infections down shifts so calories are not... Read more »

Weight Gain On Atripla

I was on combivir and sustiva for 3 years and from taking it I lost around 3 stone but it... Read more »

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Atripla- Weight gain

I've been on Atripla for 12 months and have gained weight drasticaly(20kg)I have'nt had... Read more »

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Atripla and weight gain

Posted by mimilove, 2 Replies

I have been reading a lot of posts about Atripla and weight gain and the same info keeps coming back that Atripla does not cause weight gain. Well, I feel this is false information because a lot of hivers claim the same condition of weight gain... Read more »

Atripla & Weight Gain

Posted by Choosing2Liv, 4 Replies

I've searched the forums and found posts dealing with the wild dreams, excessive nausea and irritating itching brought on by Atripla. However, I have not been able to find any posts on what folks have done to combat the additional weight gain... Read more »

gaining weight

Posted by still_here, 1 Reply

seems the higher my numbers get, the more weight i gain. last year at this time i weighed 114lbs... my CD4 was hovering around the 400 mark with a VL undetectable. now, a year later, my CD4 is 723, VL undetectable 47% and i have gained 34lbs. i've... Read more »

how can i gain weight being positive

Posted by tracey, 1 Reply

help is there any thing that i can take to gain weight and keep it on? has anyone ever taken a supplement called juven? DOES IT HELP YOU GAIN WEIGHT Read more »

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