Medications To Help AIDS

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Connecticut: Center Helps People With HIV/AIDS Live Through Support, Medical Care

The Living Center is a Hartford program sponsored by the Community Renewal Team that provides counseling, medical services, and referrals to people with HIV/AIDS. Clients are referred to the center by other agencies and must be HIV-positive. Since... Read more »

Thailand: Book Helps Children With HIV/AIDS, Caregivers Understand Condition, Medication Regimen, Stigma

Health care workers in Thailand's schools, hospitals and HIV/AIDS care programs are using a book, titled "The Dragon in Brenda's Blood," to help HIV-positive children and their caregivers understand the condition, the need to follow a medication... Read more »

Questions and Answers on the Use of HIV Medications to Help Prevent the Transmission of HIV

Table of Contents Can HIV Medications Help Prevent the Transmission of HIV? What Does ART Do? How Do We Know When It Is Working? What Does It Mean When the Viral Load Is Undetectable? I Have HIV, and I Take ART Medicines. My Viral Load Is... Read more »

Ask the Experts

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!! HIV SYMPTOMS, exposure, chances, aids, help

Hi, I thought of you today, for all the times that you have helped people. You present your facts in light humor that is comforting for people like us... scared... living in fear. Where would we be in a world without such doctors. What amazes me...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"This establishment and the whole medical industry is conjuring a monstrous myth"???? And you consider this a sin for which I'll be sent to hell. Hmm. Now what makes you think that folks in the reality-based community might... Read more »

AIDS without medical treatment

My partner of two years has had full blown AIDS for over 3 years. He is refusing any form of treatment and he has already informed me that he has lived longer than he thought. I am trying my best to not inforce my own thoughts to his issue but I...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Survival after development of clinical AIDS is quite variable from weeks/months to many years depending on many specific factors so no general answer can suffice. having your partner see a good, friendly HIV specialist and mental health therapist... Read more »

Medication and AIDS Dementia Complex

Today I was just diagnosed with Dementia that they are associating to AIDS. I am only 26 and I know that ADC is quite rare and not understood, but what are the options to help further progression as my CD4 is around 900 and my VL is undetectable....

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

You should talk to your doctor and have a complete neurologic exam to be sure that you have the correct diagnosis. Mostly what we see now with HIV is something called "minor cognitive deficit" which is differnt than dementia. There are... Read more »

Medication and AIDS Dementia Complex

This in follow up to the answer you provided. I have been through a neurological exam and that is what prompted the neuro pysch exam. The results of the neuro pysch exam were more that there was a decrease in the speed of processing and also a...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Thanks for the added info. Although these are symptoms that are associated with HIV in the brain, they are not specific. In other words there are other things that could cause it. Many docs would want to do additional testing such as a syphilis... Read more »

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new-better medication news-hope it helps

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Tuesday June 20 7:22 PM ET

Scientists Hope New Compound Is Better AIDS Drug

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers said on Tuesday they may have created a new compound to fight the virus that
causes AIDS.

The compound may survive in cells longer than... Read more »

Los Angeles: Medication Resources: Urgent Help!

Posted by louw, 1 Reply

Hi,

I am an HIV+ man from Cape Town, South Africa. This first post of mine is not about me.

I urgently need help for a friend of mine that has recently arrived in LA from South Africa. He will be studying there for the next year. He took a... Read more »

Have I Gone from HIV to AIDS? HELP!!!!

Posted by CLT, 4 Replies

I will keep my story pretty short. March 20th 2006 I found out I was positive. My CD4 was 336 and my viral load was 55,000.

August 14th I take some more labs and had not been able to go back to the doctor until today October 30th. I found out my CD4... Read more »

Do I have AIDS or am I just crazy???? GOD HELP ME!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Argh!

Im a 22 year old female. I have a history of thinking a certain symptom I have is related to some horrible disease. I had a muscle spasm in my chest in January 2003, and thought I had congestive heart failure and spent all my time looking... Read more »

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