How Do You Evaluate Effective Pain Management In Patients With Hiv

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Evaluation of Health Map: A Patient-Centered, Web-Based Service for Supporting HIV-Infected Patients in Australia

The authors undertook the current study "to describe the use of and responses to a self-management website, 'Health Map,' established to address the key chronic health issues of HIV-positive people." The site "assessed health issues against current... Read more »

HIV Persistence in Patients on HAART: Re-Evaluating Prospects for Eradication

Plenary moderator: Good morning, and first, congratulations to the award recipient, and it is my pleasure to introduce the first speaker for the plenary session this morning. Dr. Robert Siliciano is a member of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute... Read more »

Update on Management of the HIV/Hepatitis B- or HIV/Hepatitis C-Coinfected Patient

Table of Contents Introduction HIV/HCV Coinfection HIV/HBV Coinfection New Data From the Literature Conclusion References Introduction Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) constitutes two of the... Read more »

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Management of Norvir Side effects: Abdominal/Back pain

Are there any tip or tricks to managing abdominal/lower back pain related to taking Norvir?I take this drug I gelcap 2 times a day and am after one week experiencing relatively intense abdominal cramping and lower back pain which is about 8 on a...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Often no easy answer to managing ritonavir side effect. Checking to see if is possible to reduce the dose (some protease inhibistors only require 1 100 mg ritonavir dose/day) of ritoanvir can be helpful. Anti-gas, calcium supplements, fiber... Read more »

How do I manage DR patient relationship?

I have been HIV+ for 15yrs. I have a pre existing psychiatric disability (schizo affective) making it difficult to relate to people, one of those people is my doctor. 6 months ago I was told my CD4 was 35, and my v/l was 568,000 + or - a few. I was...

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

Harvard Medical School

There is no doubt what you should do -- you need to work with a clinician who you can trust and talk with, and address what can be done with the numbers you mention. Those viral load results suggest that your HIV can grow to a very high level, and... Read more »

Severe PN - Pain management

Thank you very much for your reply, and I will see to it that we see a neurologist. My other question is (she does cry at night because of the pains, thats after taking the arv's) how do we manage the pain Doctor. Desperate son.Severe PNMay 30,...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Pain relief is an important and under appreciated challenge. WHO and other organizations have a staged approach to pain control starting with non-narcotic drugs like ibuprofen or acetominephen and then moving up the narcotic scale. Other drugs that... Read more »

How to manage patients who defualt from INH prophylaxis

If a patient on INH prophylactic therapy defualts from the treatment from treatment for some time like a month, what do we do for such clients which are becoming significant in era of universal IPT for all eligible? It is a global public health...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thank you for your provocative question.You're correct tuberculosis is a very significant health treat for persons living with HIV. This is particularly true for communities in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. Here in the US,... Read more »

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1 in 7 patients given early HAART could manage without it later, researchers estimate

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"14 adult patients who also started a course of ART soon after infection, who subsequently stopped it, and have not had to re-start because they have largely and in eight cases completely maintained undetectable viral loads for at least four years... Read more »

Drug Holidays may be over for HIV patients.

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