How Do You Prevent Hypersensitivity Reaction

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Can HLA-B*5701 Testing Help Avoid Abacavir Hypersensitivity Reaction?

Retrospective analyses of abacavir (ABC, Ziagen)-treated individuals who have experienced hypersensitivity reaction (HSR) have suggested that the majority of these abacavir-related events, at least in white and Thai persons, occur in the presence of... Read more »

HIV/AIDS Update -- New Intelence Labeling: Severe Skin and Hypersensitivity Reactions

Dear Healthcare Professional: Tibotec Therapeutics , in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, would like to inform you of an important safety update to the Severe Skin Reactions WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS section (5.1) of the... Read more »

Vatican Cardinal "Surprised" by Reaction to Statements About Condoms, HIV Prevention

Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family , on Monday said he was "surprised" by the reaction over statements he made on a BBC1 program contending that condoms do not reduce the risk of HIV... Read more »

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Nevirapine Hypersensitivity Reaction

After a few months break from 6 years of NVP therapy along with AZT/3TC, I reintroduced the agents and experienced a severe hypersensitivity reaction. My questions are...1. Even though this was 10 months ago I still feel as though my nerve endings...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

From the information you provided it seems unlikely that you experience an hypersensitivity reaction to either AZT or 3TC so the nevirapine would be the most likely inciting drug. It seems reasonable to me to consider use of ZT + 3TC and Kaletra... Read more »

Hypersensitive Reaction to Trizivir?

I started taking Trizivir (my first time with any hiv medication) 14 days ago and I am extremely concerned that I am having a hypersensitive reaction to it. I had nausea for about 10 days and then on the 11th day I started getting flu like...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

In my experience it can be a challenge to sort out abacavir hypersensitivity reaction from a bad cold but there are a few features that can help. If the symptoms worsen in a step wise manner when you take the Trizivir (symptoms worsen after taking... Read more »

possibility of hypersensitivity reaction when restarting Trizivir

I am a 36 y/o male diagnosed HIV+ in 1999. My current cd4 is 766 26%, and VL 56650. I have elected to restart Trizivir and Viread. I have taken both of these medications in the past without any problems apart from the usual run of the mill side...

Response from Eric Daar, M.D.

UCLA School of Medicine

Hi Ray,Thank you for your posting and Merry Christmas to you as well.In order to fully answer your question regarding whether Atripla would be an alternative I would need some additional information. If your only previous regimen was Trizivir and... Read more »

Respiratory Hypersensitivity reaction to Abacavar

Hi. Thank you for this wonderful service.I started 3TC and D4T 5 years ago when my viral load was around 30,000 and T-cells around 350/CD4 15%This brought my viral load down to between 4-6000, but never undetectable.After a year I added...

Response from Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D.

Cornell University, Weill Medical College

The symptoms of hypersensitivity to abacavir (Ziagen) are vague and nonspecific, but the fever, cough, respiratory distress are all suggestive of it. It is possible that your symptoms were related to your allergies +/- a... Read more »

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Abacavir - Hypersensitivity - EPZICOM

Posted by Survivor, 2 Replies

David, I read your Email and brought the PDF forward. Dr. Ben was very watchful when I initially got started and had follow up calls to me regarding any problems if in deed I was blinded on the Abacavir. Either I am on it and am fine or I am not... Read more »

allergic reactions

Posted by TRex, 2 Replies

Has anyone who is HIV positive had a lot of allergic reactiosn to antibiotics? I had two allergic reactions (the Bactrim one was the one who made me ask for the HIV test).the other one is Keflex. I am on Augmentin now and woke up with another... Read more »

my strange reaction

Posted by midwestguy143, 2 Replies

I tested positive on March 24, 2009. The thing that surprised me, and my friends was my reaction -- none really. Just something else in my life. I had lost my job many months ago, and with the job market being so tough, I've gotten used to the... Read more »

antibiotic reaction

Posted by princealbert

After one week on augmentin, a pick line and beginning IV antibiotics (only one dose), I had a horrible drug reaction.
But four days later, I still walk around itchy and red, feeling like I just rolled around in poison ivy.
Has anyone else had a bad... Read more »

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