How Fast Does HIV Medicine Work

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Blood Work: A Complete Guide for Monitoring HIV

Introduction Lab tests, or blood work, can give important clues about your overall health and HIV disease. Many of these tests should be done shortly after learning that you're HIV-positive. This will establish a "baseline" measure of your immune health and show how active HIV is. Knowing this information will help you watch for changes in your health over time as well as check the impact of any treatments that you take. Factors such as age,...

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Will daily consumption of Aloevera, amla juice and other ayurvedic medicine give false negative hiv test?

Respected sir, Thank you very much for doing such a great work of supporting and helping those who are concern of their hiv status. Dear sir, i had a brief duration of condom failure with a commercial sex worker in bangkok...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your negative 7.5-month ELISA test is definitive and conclusive. HIV is not your problem. No way. No how. Ayurvedic "medicine" will not delay HIV seroconversion nor will it boost your immunity, pop your pimples or make you skinnier!... Read more »

Do we need to start HIV medicine, India.

Dr Frascino, My brother was infected with HIV in '01. I am currently in the U.S. His Cd count was 272 3 months ago and now its 208 after he was confined in a rehab center with proper food, care and medical treatment. As of now we do not know...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,If your brother's CD4 count is consistently in the 200-300 range, published guidelines worldwide would suggest he begin HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy). Should his counts fall below 200, he would be at increased risk for... Read more »

atripla. how fast does it work?

just got diagnosed HIV+ and syphilis two weeks ago. was feeling sick and tired, and couldn't get rid of a cold. I was in the early phase of syphilis infection, so the pennicillin should knock it out. Just popped my first atripla about 30...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

Antiretroviral medications start to interfere with viral replication quickly. However, the recovery of your immune system can take many months. Meanwhile, as long as your T cells are at a low level, you are still at risk for opportunistic infections... Read more »

HIV medicines and Anti-depression medicines

Dear Michael Shernoff,I am one of those persons that suffer from chronicle depression plus I and HIV+. The depression most of my life and the HIV+ for that last 16 years.Fortunately, I am very healthy and have had no AIDS related sicknesses. My...

Response from Michael Shernoff, M.S.W.

Psychotherapist and Author

Derar Steven,Unfortunatley I am unable to help you since I am not a medical doctor and really do not have any knowledge about the medical properties of psychiatric medications. I am not sure where to suggest you turn to research the answers to the... Read more »

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EXPIRED HIV MEDICINES

Posted by Queenster, 1 Reply

Hiya all, is so sad in some part of the World like Africa more especially Ghana where expired drugs are given to hiv positive people. I don't know which organisation or how the drugs gets to Ghana, but it is so bad to give expired drugs persons... Read more »

Self Destructing Fast

Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies

I have been HIV positive for 7 years. I was in a relationship with a man who turned out to be negative at the time I found out. This was in 2000. This man is very emotionally and physically abusive. I have tried many times to leave but have never... Read more »

Feel like doctor is pulling a fast one on me.

Posted by Contrapositive1, 1 Reply

Hi, I just tested positive almost 2 weeks ago. I was in the hospital about a month ago because of being very ill. The hospital said they are doing an HIV test to rule out Acute HIV Infection, although, a week after my discharge, I called my primary... Read more »

Am I a Fast Progressor?

Posted by Geno, 6 Replies

Hello all this is my first time posting here ive been tooling around the fourms for about 3 months though. I tested pos at a local clinic in August but I was infected in late june I had terrible ARS that lasted 5 weeks or so. Its been 6 months since... Read more »

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