How Many Pills Does An Hiv Person Take A Day

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How Many Pills Per Day???

How many pills per day does the average HIV Poz individual on HAART have to take? I often hear people say between 20-30 pills/day and am just curious of the 'average' number.Please advise....

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thank you for your question.In the past, HIV+ persons might have to take very complex drug regimens of upwards of 20 pills a day. Contemporary drug regimens typically are less than 7 pills per day and can be as low as 2 pills taken once daily. BY... Read more »

3 Pills 1X a day to 2 Pills 1X a day?

I thought I recently saw a response from you regarding an upcoming 2 pill a day regimen, but cannot find it in the archives. How soon this year will that be available? Is that regimen a switch that someone currently on a 3 pill a day regimen...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

There are two combination pills that are in the pipeline. The first is abacavir (Ziagen) and lamivudine (Epivir) together in one tablet. This will be a once daily pill that could be combined with Sustiva to produce a once daily 2 pill regimen. The... Read more »

Only Four Pills a Day?

Hi Dr. Young,I read one article in the S.F. Chronicle's expose covering the World AIDS conference regarding an African Man who was restored to good health after nearly dying of AIDS. They mentioned his antiviral therapy consisted of only two...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

I'm not aware of this specific case, but there are certainly low pill count treatment regimens available to those whose virus is treatment naive. A few examples of this include Combivir- or Trizivir-based regimens (2- or 3-drugs for 1 pill... Read more »

HIV and male enhancement pills

I am considering trying Vimax. Do you if this will interact with Atripla? Also, do you recommend this approach towards achieving additional girth? My length is fine, but I would like more girth; are the surgical options for addt'l girth...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,There are many pills, potions, powders and procedures (surgical) that claim to turn gherkins into anacondas. In addition, there are manual exercises, pumps and African tribal rituals of hanging heavy weights attached by a rope from your Mr.... Read more »

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