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Reducing the Risk of Getting HIV From Injection Drug Use

What Is the Risk? How Can Transmission Be Prevented? Injection Drugs & Hepatitis Needle Exchange Programs Drugs, Sex and HIV Transmission What Is the Risk? It is well documented that people who share syringes are at risk of being infected with HIV. Sharing syringes allows a direct exchange of blood from one person's body into the bloodstream of another and is one of the most efficient ways to spread blood-borne...

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HIV drugs preventing effectiveness of Sculptra?

Three years ago at this time, I was in the middle of 3 individual treatement sessions of Sculptra for facial fat loss, most would have considered severe. At the time, I was on a drug holiday from d4t, 3tc, and Viracept, and the results of the...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

We don't have much information about the effect of Sustiva/Truvada in comparison to other newer HIV regimens onthe specific issue of effect on facial atrophy so I can't with any confidence recommend another regimen which would perform... Read more »

New drug with the greatest impact

Hi David:Great article on new therapies! I couldn't tell which drug you thought will have the most impact on HIV treatment. Can you clarify.Thanks!...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Good question.Some of the 'new' drugs presented at the conference are not all that new in that many clinicians already have some experience with these or like agents. On the other end of the spectrum are compounds that are 'way out... Read more »

Best drug treatments to prevent facial wasting

Im a 43 year old male who became HIV positive 24 months ago. I just started taking HIV medications when my CD4 count dropped to 500 and viral load increased to over 17,000. My doctor put me on Truvada and Sustiva for 6 months now and my CD4 count is...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hello, and thanks for posting. I am not aware of any studies that show less lipoatrophy with Isentress compared with Sustiva. There would probably be less risk of lipoatrophy with Kaletra, but the trade off would be more side effects and greater... Read more »

impact of HIV AIDS in the workplace

What are the impacts of HIV AIDS in the workplace...

Response from Jacques Chambers, C.L.U.

HelpWithBenefits.com

That's a broad question. It obviously varies greatly by employer, however, regardless of what type of employer you have there are legal protections to prevent discrimination. Laws are helpful, but they don't always work in the real world,... Read more »

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