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Clinics Using OraQuick Oral HIV Test Reporting Rates of False-Positive Results Within Limits on Label, OraSure Announces

OraSure Technologies on Tuesday in a statement said most sites the company has contacted regarding issues with its oral OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody Test have reported rates of false-positive results within the expected limits that are... Read more »

Seattle Department Finds OraSure HIV Test to Be Less Accurate Than Label Claims

A report by Public Health -- Seattle and King County in Washington state has found that testing with OraSure Technologies ' OraQuick test provides less accurate results than the label claims, Bloomberg reports. The OraQuick test is the only... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Mexico: Vulnerable to HIV, Resistant to Labels

AIDS experts say the challenge of preventing AIDS in Latin American countries such as Mexico, where the 17th International AIDS Conference is taking place, is made far more difficult by machismo and negative attitudes toward homosexuality. HIV/AIDS... Read more »

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Label and Off-Label prescription of Deca

I understand that Deca Durabolin is no longer manufactured in the US. I've heard that compounding pharmacies will make it. However, I have heard that Deca is not indicated for lipo, or VAT, which makes a prescription for this...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

Nandrolone undecanoate (old brand: Deca Durabolin) has not been shown to decrease visceral fat in HIV or any other condition. It is being prescribed for those who cannot hold on to lean body mass without it, those who have lost weight... Read more »

Ding Dong Injury- Can people trust the rapid hiv tests? (Seattle Department Finds OraSure HIV Test to Be Less Accurate Than Label Claims)

DR Greetings and well wishes!! I hope your having a fabulous evening!! First let me tell you that you give hope to the hopeless. Thats power!! Here is my story. I tested negative at 96 days with the finger prick test. I then went back and...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Actually, it was indeed a fabulous evening! I spent it having dinner with two of my favorite people: Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim and New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Rich!Regarding your ding-dong problem, the blowjob actually bruised... Read more »

Is melatonin safe for HIV positive people?

Dear Doc,I noticed that the label on my over-the-counter melatonin advises against anyone with an autoimmune disease using the product. I use it very sparingly, for jet lag a couple times a year for two or three days, but fear even this might be...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

There is little data on melatonin and possible interactios with HIV meds. I have had scores of patients use it regularly in the setting of treated HIV and have observed no problems so I would expect little difficulty. KH... Read more »

Mental health related to asymptomatic, symptmatic label?

Hello, I recently came across a client who was checked off on a health-screening form of ours as being both Asymptomatic and having HIV-related depresssion. My specific question is: If this client has depression that is a result of HIV, isn't...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

When someone is referred to as HIV+ and symptomatic, it usually refers to the symptoms commonly seen as signs of waning immunity, eg. weight loss, lymphadenopathy.People who are HIV+ certainly may develop depression, but this is usually not thought... Read more »

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