Hiv And High Enzymes

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12 months hiv neg but liver enzymes high

hi doc.McGovern thanks for your time by the way... On april of lsat year i gor assaulted and stuck with a needle gone to the hospital and the doctor did not gave any meds just told me to get tested at 3 months mark. Now after 12 months i did test...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

It is very common to have elevated liver tests while taking INH. Your liver tests are only mildly abnormal and you are at the end of treatment. I suspect that your liver tests will return to normal the next month when you stop your INH.I don't... Read more »

High Liver Enzymes/High Creatine Kinase

HiI am on a regimen of viread/viramune/emtriva for over a year and I take Testim 50 mg a day for... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

alt tests high liver enzymes

could high liver enzymes be a factor in being hiv positive, i was tested at a plasma center and... Read more »

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. »

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The Structure and Outcomes of a HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Program in a High HIV Prevalence Setup in Western Kenya

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Key Retrovirus Enzyme Grown in Lab

A study published on Sunday in the journal Nature has shed light on the enzyme integrase, "which is found in retroviruses like HIV and is a target for some of the newest HIV medicines," Reuters reports. Scientists at the Imperial College London... Read more »

Florida A&M University Professor Receives Patent for Highly Effective Anti-HIV Compounds

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Elevated liver enzymes.

Posted by Mark100, 1 Reply

Hey guys I just have a question regarding elevated liver enzymes. I contracted hiv in early December of last year and ever since my liver enzymes have been elevated. I don't drink except the occasional drink on the weekends, I don't smoke or do... Read more »

are enzymes related to hiv testing?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I was wondering if when you donate plasma and they test your enzyme levels in your liver and stuff does it have to do with hiv.I'm wondering becuase i was told my enzyme levels were low when they tested my plasma and they needed to take 2 tubes of... Read more »

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High VL/High CD4: what to do?

Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies

Hi from Italy.
I'm HIV+ since Feb 00 and I discovered my status in June.
Since then I have regularly checked my situation having always high VL (from 60K to 240K) and high CD4 (from 750 to 1000).
My last analysis are VL: 200K and CD4: 907.
My doctor is... Read more »

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