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Second Hand Pot Smoke Possible Interaction with Sustiva?

I am a 33 year old HIV Poz man who is attached to another guy with the same HIV status plus he is also HCV+. Does my second hand pot smoke affect his medications that he takes in any way? He takes, Sustiva and Combivir, and I'm on no medication...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your question.Other than inhaling enough second hand marijuana smoke to get high, I don't think that there should be any significant drug interactions with second-hand marijuana to cause symptoms. BY... Read more »

Second Hand Pot Smoke Possible Interaction with Sustiva?

I am a 33 year old HIV Poz man who is attached to another guy with the same HIV status plus he is... Read more »

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Smoking marijuana and have AIDS Dementia

Does smoking marijuana have a negative effect on AIDS Dementia? I already have problems with short... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Is Smoking Tobacco an Independent Risk Factor for HIV Infection and Progression to AIDS?

The authors undertook a systematic review of studies examining tobacco smoking as a risk factor for HIV seroconversion or progress to AIDS. They identified six studies in which HIV seroconversion was an outcome measure. In five of these, smoking... Read more »

Smoking Cessation Reduces CVD Risk in HIV

The risk of cardiac events drops sharply when HIV-positive smokers quit, mirroring what is seen in people not infected with the virus, according to preliminary data presented at the recent 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic... Read more »

Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

Smoking Cessation: Innovative Group Therapy-Centered Support Found to Double Quit Rate

Surveys have found that tobacco use is common among some HIV-positive people. As much as 40% of some clinic populations have been found to smoke cigarettes. In the time before potent combination anti-HIV therapy (commonly called ART or HAART) became... Read more »

Smoking Might Increase Risk of Contracting HIV, Study Says

Smoking might increase the risk of contracting HIV, according to a study published in the Aug. 21 online edition of the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections , the New York Times reports (Nagourney, New York Times , 9/26). Andrew Furber, a... Read more »

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Smoking

Posted by Anonymous

I just found out that I am HIV+, 27, work out 3 times a week, not on meds, and in very good health. However, I do have one habit: smoking cigarettes. I have not found a doctor to tell me that cigarettes are detrimental to my health and HIV. But... Read more »

HIV meds and SMOKING

Posted by Survivor, 1 Reply

Snippett from POZ Magazine... Poz.com

What a Drag: Smoking and HAART Butt Heads

by Nicole Joseph

May 10, 2006Smoking is bad for your healththats not news. But the nearly 70% of people with HIV who light up on a regular basis might be interested to know... Read more »

Possible Hiv infected but no antibodies produced?

Posted by chris8178, 2 Replies

Could you tell me is it possilble to have hiv with out having antibodies produced post 6 months?

I had unprotected anal sex about 7 months ago and been having some major health (oral) issues.

I have seen a lot of doctors; 3 ents; 2 general docs; 1... Read more »

Is that possible??

Posted by Yelly, 2 Replies

Hi. I'm Yelly and 27 years old. Just found out in "April" 08' (So I am new) and my cd4 was 317 and vl was 2,000. Now I took the test on the 9th of this month and my cd4 is 423(don't know my vl)but I took the same test in a "another" clinic on the... Read more »

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