How To Manage High Triglycerides And Hiv

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Hyperlipidemia and HIV/AIDS: High Cholesterol and Triglycerides

Table of Contents Introduction Hyperlipidemia and HIV How to Know if you Have Hyperlipidemia Foods That Affect Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels Exercise and Hyperlipidemia Drugs for Hyperlipidemia HIV Drugs and Hyperlipidemia Other Risks for Heart Disease Taking Care of Yourself Introduction Lipids are fats and fat-like substances in the blood. Cholesterol andtriglycerides are lipids. Your body uses cholesterol...

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High Triglycerides

I've been reading some of the posts regarding High Triglycerides.I'm starting treatment next month, and the medications that I'm discussing with my doctor are Sustiva and Truvada, aka Atripla.A lot of my reading is pointing to Sustiva...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

You are really to be commended for all the changes you have made to improve your health. In studies of Atripla, increases in triglycerides have not been much a problem. For instance, in a recent study of Atripla in 200 HIV+ people starting... Read more »

Gout & High triglycerides

Cocktail of norvir, viread, lexiva. Recent dx of gout also triglycerides are 403 and HDL Cholesterol low at 22, also have lipody. Can you tell me which if any of my meds are responsible?...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Norvir (ritonavir) boosted protease inhibitor regimens can increase the triglyceride levels. Diet and exercise levels and genetics can also influence triglyceride levels. HIV infection itself often is associated with a low HDL level-not so much the... Read more »

high cholesterol/triglycerides

I just got the results of my latest labs.. vl <50 cd4 762. tested poz in 92. current regamine zerit epivir ziagen. all looks great for the past 5 or 6 yrs on meds. however this time around cholesterol is 235 and tryglycerides are 433.they have...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

Well, the good news is that the regimen you are on is not generally associated with lipid problems, and you are doing extremely well from an HIV perspective.There are a few things that need to be done before you get worried. First of all, you... Read more »

High Triglycerides & HIV

Dr. Gallant: I have a question on high triglycerides related to HIV.Brief history, current CD4 count 800, viral loadundetectable. Current meds., Crixivan, AZT, Zerit, 3tc. Two months agotrigylcerides were 9700, and I developed acutepancreatitis. I...

Response from Joel Gallant, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Although it's possible that your high triglycerides are unrelated to HIVor your medications, the most common reason for high triglycerides inHIV-infected people is therapy with protease inhibitors (Crixivan inyour case). Most of the time the... Read more »

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Atripla -- High Triglycerides, Lovaza or Lopid use

Posted by JimNC, 1 Reply

My husband was diagnosed with HIV in 2009. He'd obviously been POS for quite a long time. (2,000,000+ HIV count, T cell 180). He went on Atripla, quickly reducing his HIV count from 2M-500K-50K-500 every 3 months, now undetectable. His T cells has... Read more »

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High VL/High CD4: what to do?

Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies

Hi from Italy.
I'm HIV+ since Feb 00 and I discovered my status in June.
Since then I have regularly checked my situation having always high VL (from 60K to 240K) and high CD4 (from 750 to 1000).
My last analysis are VL: 200K and CD4: 907.
My doctor is... Read more »

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