Length Of Time For Hiv To Become Aids

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Drug Interactions and HIV/AIDS

Table of Contents Introduction How Drugs Are Metabolized Drugs That Slow Down Metabolism Drugs That Speed Up Metabolism Other Types of Drug Interactions Drugs and Other Substances That May Interact With HIV Medications Other Types of Drugs That May Interact With HIV Drugs Food Taking Care of Yourself Introduction In order for a drug to work properly, you must take the correct dose so thatyou have the right amount of...

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Viral Loads - Length of Time to Drug Failure

I am an MT (Med Tech) who discovered that his partner was HIV+ via Rapid HIV testing that confirmed by Western Blot. He tested negative 5 months prior to the positive test that I did out of concern for his symptoms at that time (fatigue, malaise,...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Provided that one is able to tolerate the medications and is able to figure out the difficulties with adherence; I think that the durability of treatment regimens can be very, very good. We have several patients in our practice who have been on... Read more »

Does Length of Time with hiv affect transmission?

Hi. I have heard that people who have had hivfor a number of years have developed their ownmutated strain of the virus making it lesstransmittable (sp?) .... is this true?? anddoes being on the cocktails (anti-viral) witha zero viral load make it...

Response from Robert H. Remien, Ph.D.

Columbia University

Although I am not a physician I will respond to your question because it is one that comes up often for couples of mixed HIV status. It is true that HIV, in its normal course of replication, always has the chance for mutating to some degree. Which... Read more »

HCV Treatment Length

I'm HIV coinfected/undetectactble, Tcells @120 (after typical interferon drop)....geno 2b, cleared @12 wks test.... Dr. says he wants to keep me on treatment for 36 wks "maybe 12 wks after that" ... I thought geno 2 could go for less...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Excellent question.HCV genotype 2 is typically treated for 24 weeks in patients who are HIV negative. There is even some data to suggest that shorter courses may be effective in patients with rapid virologic suppression at four weeks.There is a... Read more »

Toxoplasmosis - length of disability

Dr Currier;My Partner has AIDS and was diagnosed with Toxoplasmosis three months ago. He has been taking Pyramethamine, Clindamycin and Leucovorin for this three months. When diagnosed, he had severe right side weakness an has been steadily...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

It isn't possible to predict exactly when or to what extent the neurologic damage from the toxo will resolve. Physical therapy should be helpful, in addition to the toxo meds and combination medicines for the HIV. You can look in standard... Read more »

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What is the average length someone can live HIV +

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What is the average age that someone can live with HIV? with meds and without...what about AIDS?
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Length HIV lives outside the body?!

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It is impossible for it to live more than a couplr minutes, is this right? Read more »

ARS symptoms length?

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The closer I get to my results date, the more nervous I become.

I was reading through the forum and found this bit stated by vokz, "ARS / seroconversion illness is a short acute illness that lasts a few days. If you were one of the few people who... Read more »

Can you work full time with hiv/aids forever?

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Hello, I am an hiv positive 36 year bisexual male with two divorces. I have four children from the marriage that I have very large child support payments. These ex-wives of mine do not know I have hiv. Will I be able to work full time when on... Read more »

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