Iv Treatment For Hiv

Here's a taste of what TheBody.com has to offer on this topic:

Get the Facts

HIV Treatment 101

Forget what you've heard about treatment for HIV. HIV treatment in 2009 is a world away from what it was even two years ago. Important new medications and older, proven medications can now be taken less frequently with reduced side effects. Nonetheless, choosing HIV medications and determining when to begin treatment are big decisions. Fortunately, newly infected people not on treatment typically can go 10 years without a single symptom. This...

Ask the Experts

Dr. Cohen, how does treatment for HIV2 differ from HIV1?

Dr. Cohen: Hello. Thanks for your very complete answers concerning HIV and its treatment. My question relates to the differences between treatments for HIV1 and HIV2. I have heard that some classes drugs effective as part of HAART are ineffective...

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

Harvard Medical School

Only the nonnucleoside class is not expected to work against HIV 2 - the nucleosides (azt etc) including tenofovir should work fine, and the protease inhibitors do as well. So there are many three drug HAART combos that would work against HIV2 -... Read more »

Bladder cancer treatment in an HIV positive patient. How do HIV drugs and chemotherapy go together?

My husband has been diagnosed with Stage 3-4 Bladder cancer. So far there is no evidence that the cancer has spread beyond the bladder wall, but he is advised to undergo bladder removal surgery. There are concerns that chemotherapy will complicated...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

Given that your husband's virus is suppressed and that his CD4 cell count is about 300, his bladder cancer should be managed exactly as it would be managed were he to be HIV negative. Most of the chemotherapy and radiation treatments do not... Read more »

treatment for HIV

can HIV cured at the early stage?...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

No. Very early treatment seems to preserve immune function, and in some persons, immune-based control of the virus appears to occur. Does this mean that the person is cured? No, because the virus still remains resident in the infected cells. So... Read more »

MS treatment and HIV

I just read an article about a new treatment for Multiple Sclerosis which involves total destruction of a persons immune system though radiation and chemotherphy. I was recently diagnosed with, Multiple Scerlosis and HIV. Will this procedure help...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

While persons with HIV can sometimes successfully undergo treatment which destroys the immune system for other reasons, such as during a bone marrow or liver transplant, or for chemotherapy of a cancer, there are certainly risks. If as I suspect,... Read more »

Go to Ask the Experts »

Connect With Others

Early treatment for HIV

Posted by Anonymous

I got HIV from oral sex. I began treatment within a month of infection. This site discusses the risks of oral sex and the possible benefits of early treatment.
http://fdjk3.homestead.com/home.html

Read more »

Botanical Treatments For HIV, AIDS, and STDs

Posted by Anonymous

The Website:

http://Shegoi.net/askphd .

You can download the free eBook "Treating Herpes Naturally" through Larrea Tridentata by Dennis W. Clark, Ph.D. at this website;

http://freeherpesbook.com/downloadServlet?downloadId=E618347

Regardless of your... Read more »

New treatment approach to HIV: trial announcement

Posted by Anonymous

We've applied for patent protection on a novel treatment approach to HIV using existing medications already FDA-approved for other disease indications. We hope our approach will decrease infectivity by HIV virus, as well as delay progression to... Read more »

Community Member Sought for HIV Treatment Guidelin

Posted by Anonymous

Community Member Sought for HIV Treatment Guidelines Panel

The Panel on Clinical Practices for Treatment of HIV Infection is seeking nominations for a community representative to serve a 3-year term on their Adult Guidelines Panel. The ideal... Read more »

Connect on Our Bulletin Boards »

Tools

My Health Tracker

Assess Your Risk for HIV

Find Local HIV/AIDS Services

Resource Centers

Guides for People With HIV

View All of Our Guides >>