Is It Good Idea To Take Hiv Medication

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What to Do If the Test Is Positive

Keeping Yourself and Others Healthy Emotional Support Medical Care Healthy Habits The results of the HIV test are back -- and you're HIV-positive. What should you do? There are many things that you can do to stay healthy. Keeping Yourself and Others Healthy Below are some ideas to help keep you healthy. However, it is also important to consider the health of others when you know you are HIV-positive. To do that, it is important...

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Good ideas for good sex

Dear Dr. Bob, if you don't like this question please don't use it, but I was wondering if you could point us to some really good safe sexual activities for the first date. I don't mean this to sound like a joke, but if you meet...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Your list is indeed completely safe. And if you manage to hit all five activities on your first date, you should consider it a highly successful evening! I'll reprint some information about safer sexual practices below. Also, check out the... Read more »

Is stopping therapie a good Idea

Dear Doctor, i am very happy that I dont have to bother you with some more of the serious problems associate with HIV. I was infected in 1996 and diagnosed with HIV infection in 1998. My numbers where then VL 55000 and T4 465. I have been on...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

There are ongoing studies of people like you whose virus is well-controlled and who have had a good T cell response to therapy, to see if these benefits can be maintained if therapy is stopped and then restarted. So far the data are iffy. For most... Read more »

Is Weight Loss Surgery a Good Idea?

I have been HIV+ for seven years. I've also been very healthy, and continue to be. I'm not currently medicated as my viral load is still only about 1,100. The thing is that I have also always been fat. Healthy and fat, my whole life.I...

Response from Alvan Fisher, M.D.

Brown University School of Medicine

Tough question. I don't know of any info on wt loss surgery in a person with HIV. Your concerns seem very well founded to me. Also wt loss surgery is very difficult and associated with numerous nutritional problems post-op. Indeed the... Read more »

Is a PI only option a good idea?

Hi,I'm an HIV pos female, about 12 yrs now. Started Crixivan almost as soon as it was FDA approved and have changed meds a few times over the years always as a result of side effects, not resistance. Always got good viral suppression. When I...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

I agree with you. There are no data regarding extended antiviral effects of Reyataz+Norvir alone. There have been a few small studies of Kaletra given as the only HIV medication but I still would not consider this an attractive option for you.Both... Read more »

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The key to good medical care - connections

Posted by ScotCharles

My first HIV doctor in San Francisco was Robert Bolan who had been an assistant to Selma Dritz when the AIDS epidemic was first surfacing.

Ten marks for any one who knows who Selma Dritz was.

Dr. Bolan was my HIV doctor from 1989 to 1998 and it was... Read more »

Any Ideas about Pain

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello again everyone. Just wanted to let you know that I have tested Negative after 3 months and will be going for a 6 month test. I still have a dry mouth and tongue feels funny, and sometimes a funny taste like metallic, but no sores of any kind... Read more »

Medical Text on HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was reading at the medical school's bookstore the textbook they use on HIV infection. In the chapter on the window period, they said it is basically reduced to 5 weeks. They said that an Elisa test @ 6 weeks is most likely to be positive.

Now, we... Read more »

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