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Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Treatment for People Living With HIV

Table of Contents Acknowledgments and Credits Getting Started How to Use This Guide Living With HIV, Living With Treatment: The Capsule Version HIV and AIDS: The Basics The Immune System What Does HIV Do to You? Monitoring... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kids With HIV Living Longer With Antiretroviral Drugs

The number of children born with HIV is shrinking, and those who did acquire the infection at birth are living longer, healthier lives. "It's possible there may be no progression to AIDS, if you're taking the medication[s] and not developing... Read more »

UK Study Shows How Better HIV Drugs Extend Lives

Life expectancy in UK residents treated for HIV infection grew by over 15 years during 1996-2008, largely due to earlier diagnosis and treatment with better, less toxic drugs, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from the UK... Read more »

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Preventing resistance (drugs with significantly different half-lives) when stopping early treatment

I am currently on Truvada and Boosted Reyataz. I have been on this treatment for a year and a half (only missed one dose). I started the treatment 2 months after being infected and my viral load is undetectable and my tcells are 700+. I have...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Differing half lives of HIV medications is more of an issue with medications like Sustiva and Viramune because they may persist for 1 to 2 weeks and resistance develops quickly. With nukes like Viread and Emtriva this is less of a concern because... Read more »

% of patients living "normal" lives

Dr Young,What percentage of your patients that have no significant complications (herpes,drug/alcohol problems) are living "normal" lives with HIV? I see a lot of worried patients with complications on the forum. Is this the minority?...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

The vast majority of my patients ARE living normal lives-- 80-90 percent, would be my guess (maybe greater, but this depends on how one defines "normal"). Yes, the living well tend not to post their stories here, generally only those who... Read more »

HIV DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS AND TOXIC? WHEN NEW DRUGS!!!!

Hello Dearest Experts, Although it may be true that Hiv Meds might prolong progression to ARC (Aids Related Complications) it seems that the current medicines out to treat the disease are deliquent and inconsistent in allowing patients who spend...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Dear Craig-We do indeed need a new generation of antiretrovirals that are less toxic and maybe we are just starting to see this happen. But, I will tell you, I am a glass half full kind of guy. In my early HIV career I did research on CMV retinitis... Read more »

How long can a person live with HIV/AIDS?

What is the longest time that someone has lived with the AIDS virus active in their body? does HIV always turn into AIDS? Is it possible for a person with AIDS or HIV to live a full long life? What is the average life span?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. At this time, we cannot say what is the longest amount of time a person can live with HIV. This is because there are some people who have been infected for many years (since the epidemic was first recognized in... Read more »

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Living With HIV Not Dying With HIV:

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Living With HIV Not Dying With HIV:

I am a 32yr old GWM living with Hiv for the past eight years i
have tried the drugs with no success and then i went the natural
way and viral load has been... Read more »

single and living with HIV

Posted by Anonymous

Hi! I am tired of being alone, living with this disease. It seems as though it is impossible to find someone who is not drug-dependent or an ex-con or really bi-sexual to date when you have HIV, among our population at least. Trying to date someone... Read more »

can you live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

can you live a normal life without medicines if your HIV+??? How long can live without these medicines? Read more »

1.1 Million American living with HIV/AIDS

Posted by Florida69, 2 Replies

WASHINGTON - A new estimate of how many Americans have the AIDS virus puts the number at about 1.1 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

The CDC numbers, based on 2006 data, show the population living with HIV... Read more »

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