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High Viral Load Before Treatment
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Only high viral load should I start treatment? part 2Hello, I wrote back in July about having high viral load with little to no symptoms and high 400 T-cell counts. I have been monitoring them and 6 month later my viral load is still higher 359,000 BUT my T-cell is going up too - 497.I would still...
Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.
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Thanks for your question.I rarely think that wait and see is an unreasonable thing to do, provided that the T cell count is reasonably intact. The key aspect to this is to SEE. That is to say, close clinical and laboratory monitoring to make sure...
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Only high viral load should I start treatment? part 2Hello, I wrote back in July about having high viral load with little to no symptoms and high 400... Read more »Only high viral load should I start treatment?Hello, I have been positive for 15 years and haven't taken any antiviral. T count is steady in... Read more »
Articles
KS in the HAART Era Includes Patients With High CD4 and Suppressed Viral Load: Importance of KS Chemotherapy for Some Patients in Addition to ARTAn overview of Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) in the HAART era was given by Mark Bower from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital who focussed on the continued use for KS chemotherapy and included recent cases of KS in patients with high CD4 counts (>350... Read more »
Complera Labeling Update: No Longer Recommended at High Viral Loads; Hepatotoxicity Precaution AddedOn January 25, 2013, FDA approved changes to the Complera (emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) package insert. The major changes include restricting the indication to treatment-naive adult patients with HIV-1 RNA less than or... Read more »
High-Dose Multivitamin Use in Advanced HIV Has No Benefit to CD4 and Viral Load and May Cause Liver ToxicityWhether daily micronutrient supplements improve health has for decades been a hotly debated question. In recent years several large studies have been published and received wide publicity. Results, whether in trials for HIV positive or HIV negative... Read more »
Using Viral Load Data to Monitor HIV Burden and Treatment Outcomes in the United StatesReporting viral load and CD4 counts is a critical first step in calculating community viral load -- a key action step called for in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. 1 In August 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2 released... Read more »
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CD4 668 - Viral Load 227567 ? about viral load
Posted by Courtkidx, 1 Reply
I just got these results via phone and im just curious if anyone can tell me if I should be worried about my semi high viral load? I know my cd4 count is good. I am newly diagnosed as of dec. 30, 2009. Any info would be appreciated.
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The Failure of Viral Load Tests
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
The Failure of Viral Load TestsJAMA Study Shakes AIDS Science, Angers HIV Advocates A nationwide team of orthodox AIDS researchers led by doctors Benigno Rodriguez and Michael Lederman of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland are disputing the... Read more » hiv viral load
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and Perhaps a Lifesaver? By Paul Galatowitsch, Antonio Urbina and Timothy Law Snyder Paul Galatowitsch is a health care consultant. Antonio Urbina is the director of clinical HIV and AIDS education at St. Vincent's Hospital. Timothy Law Snyder is a... Read more » cd4 or viral load
Posted by Lilly, 2 Replies
When starting to think about treatment, does either counts (cd4s or viral load) play a bigger role? My viral load has recently dropped, but so has my cd4's. My counts are all still at a comfortable level for me with no meds, but at the clinic...
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