How Do I Know If I'm Resistant To My HIV Meds

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HIV Drug Resistance

Table of Contents What Is Resistance? What Causes Resistance? Cross-Resistance and Sequencing How Do I Know if I Have Drug Resistance? Resistance Testing Avoiding Resistance What Is Resistance? HIV drugs are designed to keep your viral loadunder control by preventing the virus from reproducing (or making copies ofitself). Sometimes HIV is able to overcome the effects of a drug and keepreproducing anyway. When this happens,...

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HIV RESISTANCE TO MEDS

We have always been told that it is neccesary to keep on all all meds when on HAART to prevent hiv be coming resistant. However i have been curious to know what effect on viral resistance develops when the hiv virus may only be exposed to parts of...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Thank you for your question.This is an area of great interest to researchers now. It is true that medications penetrtate to various parts of the body differently. The brain, genital track and intestines may have different levels of medication... Read more »

More then Meds? Resistance?

This is actually a question that I was just wondering about. Currently my lover is on Combivir and Viracept. If he continues on these meds can the HIV eventually grow immune to them and he would have to start on another med? I'll give an...

Response from Rick Stryker, M.D., M.P.H.

University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine

Dear BCB:Yes, it is possible that HIV will become "immune" to your lovers' current medications, but it might not too. We have not had good treatment (like the protease inhibitor Viracept) for HIV long enough to know how durable... Read more »

Resistance to Meds

I've been HIV positive for over 7 years now. Throughout this period I've been successful with treatment and my viral load had been undectable. Recently my doctor changed my therapy (about 6 months ago). Two months ago, my blood work came...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I would try to see someone at a place like NYU, Cornell, Columbia. Bellevue, Beth Israel--if I gave a specific name other persons I know would be upset that I left them off the list (there are alot of good HIV specialist in NYC!!!). You may want to... Read more »

resistance to meds. / liver and kidney test bad

my girlfreind has known for two years she has aids. her # were 88,000 load, 112 cd4the doctors started her meds on viracept/ travada several mounts later, her load wouldn't go down, they switched her meds. to rayataz, travada, noriver. few...

Response from Renslow Sherer, M.D.

University of Chicago Hospitals

Yes, there are still options for new drugs that may be available to her through her doctor. She should talk to him or her about the suggestions that follow. First, if she has been undetectable for 4-6 months, that is good, and she may not need to... Read more »

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I lost my resistance to almost every med!

Posted by Anonymous

Hey out there i thought i would give some hope!
I was resistant to almost every medication but my last genotpe shows i got almost all of them back. I'm only resistant to one now and possibly resistant to two and they are all in the same catagory-... Read more »

Highly resistant HIV

Posted by BeerMe30, 3 Replies

I have posted under different topics, really never sure which one is right. It has been a month after finding out positive. I just found out my lab results yesterday and it shows I have a high resistant form of HIV. I am just looking to hear from... Read more »

Hiv+ for 20yrs/No meds having night sweats/rash

Posted by ajpooboy, 5 Replies

I am a white male Nordic background and have never been sick.I have never been on Meds ever. Been Poz for 20+ yrs but now am having night sweats/day sweats and have developed a rash all over my body. Mt CD4 has always been around 600 and my VL... Read more »

Traveling with HIV meds

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Does anyone have any information on traveling to non-democratic countries with HIV meds in your carry-on? And not being allowed in the country?

I went to Syria earlier this year and rather than take my meds, I took a 2 week drug holiday from my... Read more »

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