Is It Okay To Pause Hiv Meds

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Can I Take a Pause

I have been taking Anti Viral drugs for three years.Now my Virus amount is less than 50; CD4 level is 940 which is excellent.I feel my body needs a break. If I stop taking the medicine for a year..how fast would my excellent levels decrease???...

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

Harvard Medical School

The short answer is we don't know from what you've written what would happen. Since we don't know what your viral load was before you took medication. In general, after stopping meds, most will have a viral rebound back towards... Read more »

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Dr. Bob, Your absolutely right- Hiv-Aids regardless of how you got it affects us all. Who cares -... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Media Statement by Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

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