Hiv Meds And Antisocial Behavior

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Risky Behavior with HIV Partner

My partner has HIV, on meds regularly for over 2 years now and has a consistently undetectable viral load each time tested. Recently, for whatever reason, we've been getting riskier and riskier in our sexual behavior. 1) He recently penetrated...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiThere have been some new studies stating that someone who is on meds and has an undetectable viral load the risk of HIV transmission decreases by 96%. So yes your unprotected intercourse does pose an increased risk but again with your partner... Read more »

behavior change in HIV positive person

One of my closest friends was diagnosed with HIV in 1986. He almost died in 1994 and was saved by... Read more »

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D. »

Behavioral changes on Atripla

Dear Dr FawcettI have been on Atripla for 13 months and as far as my counts go, it is working... Read more »

Response from David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. »

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Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

Scottish Survey Uncovers Significant Changes in HIV Testing Behavior but Challenges Remain

When the HIV epidemic first appeared in the 1980s, there were few apparent benefits to being tested for this virus, as there were no effective treatments. Also, fear and ignorance about a person's HIV status sometimes led to discrimination. Now, as... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Injecting-Drug Users -- 23 Cities, United States, May 2005-February 2006

Since the late 1980s, incidence of human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) has declined 80% among injecting-drug users (IDUs) in the United States; in 2006, an estimated 6,600 (12%) of new HIV infections occurred among IDUs. 1 To assess... Read more »

Methamphetamine Use and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Heterosexual Men -- Preliminary Results from Five Northern California Counties, December 2001-November 2003

Methamphetamine (meth) is a highly addictive stimulant that gained widespread popularity in California in the 1980s and has since spread to most regions of the United States, including rural areas. 1 Analyses of survey data among noninjection-drug... Read more »

Trends in HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students -- United States, 1991-2011

One of the three primary goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States is to reduce the number of persons who become infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 1 In 2009, persons aged 15-29 years comprised 21% of the U.S.... Read more »

Connect With Others

Goji Berries are they good with hiv meds?

Posted by sweetvanilla27, 3 Replies

I have been searching for healthy foods to eat whilst starting my ARV meds and online i came across Goji berries, they are full of antioxidants.

Would you recommend eating them? Read more »

What foolish and senseless behavior. Please Help!

Posted by brainshom, 1 Reply

About 2 months ago, I did something that was completely out of my character and now I am scared as hell. I was new in the neighborhood and had a one night stand with a girl whom I later found out was/is a prostitute. Had I known she was a sex... Read more »

personal choice- No Meds

Posted by meliatur, 6 Replies

I was diag. poz in april of 2000. I've made a persoanl choice not to take meds and live life to the fullest. I know I cannot conform to the regimen's, becoming resistant, tring another med, living with bad side effects and toxicity etc. So from... Read more »

HIV meds and Depression meds?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello. I have known of my positive status for two years now. I was put on Epivir, Viread, and Sustiva in February of 2004. My labs are good, and I feel great, as my viral load is almost undetectable. This summer I have had some problems with... Read more »

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