How Bad Will The Headaches Be When You Get Hiv

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Side Effects of HIV Drugs

Table of Contents Side Effects and HIV Drugs Being Informed About Side Effects Helps Women and Side Effects Milder Side Effects More Serious Side Effects Other Possible Side Effects Side Effects or Toxicities During Pregnancy Taking Care of Yourself Side Effects and HIV Drugs Over the years, many HIV drugs have been developed that help people livelonger, healthier lives. Like all drugs approved by the Food and...

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Switch off of Atripla due to bad headaches?

I was taking Crixivan, Norvir and Truvada for quite a while. T cells were over 1000 and viral load undectable. Switched to Atripla 11 months ago due to once daily dosing. Since that time t cells have dropped to 750, viral load still undectable....

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Some patients could develop headaches from efavirenz or less like tenofovir so a switch off efavirenz in the setting of effective viral control is a reasonable option to considerin order to try and isolate the effect of efavirenz. KH... Read more »

Headaches Headaches Headaches

I have frequent headaches that will not go away with the usual Motrin, Tylenol and Aspirin. Any thoughts on how to better manage this side effect?...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Persistent severe headaches are not a common side effect of HIV therapy. Management would depend partly on which regimen you are taking and what is your HIV status (CD4 count, history of AIDS, HIV level), what other medications your are taking,... Read more »

headaches with sustiva

hi therei am a 42 year old male, hiv+ since '99, on meds since 2000.currently i am on sustiva and krixivan, which i take at 10:00pm together. viral load undetectably, CD4s at around 400... they never get higher. i have been lucky with side...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.Headaches are a known side effect of efavirenz (Sustiva, Stocrin, part of Atripla); it would seem rather unusual to have your symptoms occur months after starting on medications, but I suppose it's also possible.Notably,... Read more »

HIV is not so bad anymore (HIV PREVENTION SPECTRUM 2010)

I understand you must keep the prevention message high but do you think that the Fear HIV method is still functioning after 2 decades of the HIV epidemic? Don't you think it's the same as putting warning messages on cigarette packages...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Thanks for your comments. I appreciated your point of view, but disagree with some of your assumptions.1. That you "continue to see people absolutely not concerned about HIV" doesn't mean HIV is nothing to be concerned about. The... Read more »

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Headaches and HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I need help desperately. I don't know what is going on with my body. Sometimes with HIV you can gauge yourself and see if things are going your way, sometimes you can't. I can't figure it out. I have been experiencing bad headaches in the last 2... Read more »

bad day with HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Yesterday was one of the worst I have had since being diagnosed three years ago. All summer, I have been struggling with muscle pain and fatigue. Doc has concluded that it is caused by AZT, so we are switching that out.

I changed meds a month ago... Read more »

headaches

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I would like to know if headaches caused by HIV are very severe or mild. I have been having very slight headaches for a week already, especially in the mornings when i wake up, but then seem to disappear as the day goes on. Thanks.

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Headaches every since that day

Posted by Anonymous

Please answer this question for me. I'm losing my mind here. I met this guy in March of 2003. After a few days I finally went to his house and we missed around. We deeped kissed, laid on top of one another and bumped and grind bare naked. Sucked... Read more »

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