Getting Rid Of Lipohypertrophy

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Posted by Choosing2Liv, 4 Replies

I faithfully work out three days a week and run at least a couple of miles the other four days. However, I seem to be gaining an unusual amount of weight. :(

A while back, someone used the term "lipohypertrophy" when discussing weight gain, so I... Read more »

to rid of me

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

fine ill post my whole story tonight or tommorow morning and then ill stop unless i really need to post but just so you know i did get exposed to it by having unprotected sex with a girl ok. here is a short part of my story: i had unprotected sex... Read more »

Lipodystrophy and Lipohypertrophy

Posted by Bear60

http://www.thebody.com/lipo/overview.html

Its not a difference of weight loss and weight gain.
If you dont know the difference between "wasting" syndrone and lipoatrophy read this. If you think weight gain is a symptom of lipohypertrophy, then read... Read more »

GET RID OF THE GRAVEDIGGER!!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Is there anything we can do to get rid of gravedigger? I think it is horrible to allow him to continue to post about stereo equipment and things that are just scaring the daylights out of people. One would think someone here could do something. I... Read more »

Getting tested together first. Getting tested now.

Posted by don

Both you and your potential sex partner can get tested together first
before beginning the sexual component of the relationship.
The strategy reduces a great deal of ambiguity.

You, yourself can get tested today, now. Test results reduce ambiguity
and... Read more »

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lipoatrophy AND lipohypertrophy what meds should I be using to alleviate this???

Hi Dr. Bob,I am an HIV+ straight female. I was diagnosed in 1994 but pinned my exposure to 1991. Anyway, I have been taking Viracept, Epivir and Zerit since 1996. My viral load is undetectable and my t-cells are amazingly over 1200. But I have...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Mary Ellen,Your current regimen of Viracept, Epivir and Zerit has certainly been effective both virologically (undetectable plasma viral load) and immunologically (CD4 cell count of over 1,200). However, like many long-term HIVers, the side... Read more »

Diet and lipohypertrophy

Dear Nelson,I have a question regarding reducing lipohypertrophy with diet. I am a 50-year-old man, tested positive for HIV in 1985, started meds (AZT, 3TC and Crixivan) in 1996, switched meds last year (2007) to Lexiva/Norvir/Combivir. I am gluten...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

Dear MarkYou have been exposed to one of the combinations that has been shown to cause more metabolic disorders than most for a long time. Crixivan is well known to cause insulin resistance and AZT is well known to cause lipoatrophy. The two... Read more »

Getting rid of crix belly.

I've noticed the fat in my face, arms and legs has pretty much gone and the gut is getting bigger. I am currently taking D4T, 3TC and Sustiva. I exercise regularly, running and playing racquetball and well as some weight training. Can I do...

Response from Alvan Fisher, M.D.

Brown University School of Medicine

It is interesting that you call this "crix belly" though you are not taking crixivan!Well, we remain at an impasse without answers with respect to fat accumulation and fat depletion. You certainly seem to be exercising enough which should... Read more »

Getting rid of my 'pot belly'

Hello I am a big fan of this site and find it very informataive reading up on all the questions answered and I have one I hope you can help me with? I've been +ive for the last 9 years now 29yo and currently taking Kaletra, Zerit, tenofovir and...

Response from Graeme Moyle, M.D.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Dear J, I guess this may not just be a consequence of HIV therapy but also the chemo and the effects on your exercise habits of doing through this difficult time. Those slendertone belts are not particularly effective from the anecdotes I have heard... Read more »

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