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HIV & Me: A Woman's Guide to Living With HIV: Step 8 - Dealing With HIV Treatment

You've made the commitment to begin treatment and settled on your first HIV medication regimen. To ensure that your meds keep working, you'll need to take the exact dose and exact number of pills in your regimen on time, every time. But there may be... Read more »

HIV & Me: A Woman's Guide to Living With HIV: Step 5 - Learning About HIV Treatment

Your HIV-positive test result only lets you know that you've been infected with HIV. To find out if it's time to get HIV treatment, you'll have to visit a health care provider and get two additional tests. Most HIV-positive people can live many... Read more »

HIV & Me: A Woman's Guide to Living With HIV: Step 7 - Choosing the Right HIV Treatment

Doctors have not yet discovered a single combination of HIV medications that's best for everyone. Each combination has its advantages and disadvantages. For people who are starting on their first HIV treatment combination, each treatment regimen... Read more »

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New big step?

HelloCould you detail the potential consequences of what is presented in France as a new possible huge step in the hiv...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.The French group have identified a protein, called human phosphate binding protein, that appears to inhibit HIV growth in the test tube. (Though I find it interesting that as of this point, there are no English-language... Read more »

Accessing treatment at HIV clinics

I was curious about how one would go about obtaining treatment at the Moore Clinic. The information provided in these Webpages gives a very clear idea of the treatments offered by the clinic. However, who is admitted to the clinic (do you have...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

Well, I shouldn't be advertising the services of my own clinic on this page, butsince you asked. . .. . .Anyone with HIV infection can get care at the Moore Clinic, regardless of CD4 count. We see people regardless of what kind of insurance... Read more »

HIV positive for 7 months with treatment.

I am having lots of diarrhea, night sweats, low-grade fevers, headaches, 11 lb. weight loss, fatigue and poor appetite for just over a month now. I am receiving 3 HIV meds, my last CD4 count was 789, which was 3 months ago, but Nothing i do seems to...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.It's clear that something's not right with all of your symptoms. What's causing them is unclear from this unfortunate internet distance, but this could range from an unusual medication toxicity or... Read more »

Gene Therapy treatment for HIV !!!!!!!!!!!!

Dr Keith my idol, the man that makes sense to me all the time,l have been hiv positive for 25 years and resistant to nearly all meds.... in your expert opinino how long before we have viable gene thearpy for hiv treatemnt ???Gene Therapy Shows...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Too early to predict if such an approach to gene therapy would be effective and safe and affordable and useful for persons with resistant virus-years away from knowing the answer to your good question. KH... Read more »

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HIV+ & Chemical Dependancy Treatment in MN

Posted by Carrie, 2 Replies

Hey there all. I have a question and am looking for some resources. I'm not looking to get scolded, judged or ridiculed.

As many of you know, my boyfriend is poz and I am neg. He and I are having some problems right now and are looking for help.... Read more »

2 steps back (emotionally)

Posted by ai77, 4 Replies

Hi all. Just want to warn you that if you're feeling kind of down, you might not want to read on. I have to release some of my frustration and fear, don't really have anywhere else I feel comfortable doing it.

Today one of my nurses called and... Read more »

Treatment

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

With the new genetics break through, does anyone think it will be possible to find a cure/vaccine for HIV/AIDS?

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Community Member Sought for HIV Treatment Guidelin

Posted by Anonymous

Community Member Sought for HIV Treatment Guidelines Panel

The Panel on Clinical Practices for Treatment of HIV Infection is seeking nominations for a community representative to serve a 3-year term on their Adult Guidelines Panel. The ideal... Read more »

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