How Long Does DdI Stay In Your Body

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Slow DDI drinker-is that a problem?

Hello, and thanks for the good advice and support! I cannot stand to chew Videx and I hate the taste of it. So I dissolve it in water (four 100 mg once a day, at around midnight)and drink it very slowly because I still do not find it a very...

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

Harvard Medical School

Hey Panos - greetings to Greece.DdI should be pretty stable after mixed in water - I have not heard anything about the need to drink it quickly so you should be fine with what you are doing. If it helps in the old days we were given advice from the... Read more »

how long does the virus stay in a body before the first signal

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Didanosine (Videx, ddI)

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Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction Associated With Abacavir and ddI

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An Overview of Videx (Didanosine, ddI)

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My partner was put on DDI

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi, My partner is HIV+ and has recently been put onto DDI and
AZT. I think, as a consequence, has become one of the most
unfriendly, annoying people in the world. Is this common, have
other people gone through this and come out the other side? I
need... Read more »

taking ddi

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Taking ddi (Videx)? Do you drink alcohol? My Dr. says I should
have no alcohol as it increases the risk of getting pancreatitis.
I continue to have one beer or one gin and tonic after work and
figure I... Read more »

Sustiva or DDI/hydroxurea

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I am a female recovering addict and have been clean for over ten years. I am getting real weird side effects from Sustiva and even though I started taking it at night, I feel somewhat foggy during the day. Will this end and I feel somewhat normal... Read more »

Do i Stay or Go?

Posted by bromie, 5 Replies

So I'm new to this site and really the whole serodiscordant relationship. My situation is a tough one, like all of them reported on this site.

I started dating my current boyfriend about 6 months ago. Things started off very casually but we... Read more »

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