Medications To Help AIDS

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Combination Medications

What Are Combination Medications? What Are PK Boosters? Combinations of Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors ("Nukes") Combinations of a Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor and Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Combinations With Protease Inhibitors Combinations With Integrase Inhibitors What Are Combination Medications? Combination medications are pills or tablets that contain more than one medication to fight HIV. They...

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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 »

Can Immune Boosting medicines completely help stop progression to AIDS?

Dear Doctor,Many thanks for helping countless people through this very informative forum.I am from India and recently came across a companys advertisement which is releasing an Anti-AIDS tablet named "HERBTAB".The company is claiming that...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

I am very skeptical of these claims; this is not to say that there might not be agents outside of conventional Western medicine that could have antiviral activity; but the proof of efficacy seems lacking to me. -BY... Read more »

Friend diagnosed with full blown AIDS in June, has dementia, help!

Dear doctors,My son's father was diagnosed with full blown AIDS last June after a bout with pneumonia in April. After diagnosis, they determined his t-cell count to be 11 and v.l. at over 500,000 copies. He had spinal tap which revealed Crypto...

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

Harvard Medical School

Dear Alicia,Having a friend, loved one, or father with dementia is strange and terrifying. Many of the readers of this site will identify with what you are going through. Medically, there are a few things I can suggest. After cryptococcus can be due... Read more »

New HIV/AIDS diagnoses, pneumonia (PCP), please help!

We've heard so many different things so far with the entire host of medical staff in the hospital, primary doctor with no real knowledge of AIDS, and only speaking with social worker otherwise: Brief Hx: Admitted to hospital Nov 1 with severe...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

He needs HIV treatment immediately. I don't understand the delay until January. This is absolutely not acceptable. Vitamins are not the answer. Yes, there can be a recurrence or persistence in symptoms of PCP, particularly if the CD4 count is... Read more »

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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 »

Is the triple cocktail helping to spread AIDS?

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

I've written what is currently the only computer application solely dedicated to the mathematical analysis of HIV. It's called HIV pathogenesis modeler, and can be downloaded at:
http://www.agmh.org/softw.htm

While using the SI model in the program, I... Read more »

My dad has AIDS i need some help

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

Well its a long story to begin with, I am 18 years old (male) my mom died of breast cancer when I was 10 years old. Because my dad couldn't raise me by himself i came to USA after 2 years my mom past away. I had a lot of relatives lives here in US... Read more »

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