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Methadone Levels With Hiv Meds
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Methadone interactions with HIV medsI had to stop taking Viracept and must switch to another. I have been taking Methadone for 7 years. What is the best obtion? I do not want to start with Kaletra, is there a better medicine than Kaletra together with Methadone?...
Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.
AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast
Hello, and thanks for posting. You will likely be switching from Viracept, a medication which has a significant interaction with methadone, to another medication which will also interact with methadone. Most of the protease inhibitors will tend to...
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Methadone and HIV medsI have been taking HIV meds since 2002 and haven't had any major problems so far. On the... Read more »Sustiva and MethadoneSince it is a well established fact that Sustiva lowers the blood levels of methadone, could you... Read more »
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Vietnam Launches Methadone Clinics to Fight HIV/AIDSVietnam's launch of two new methadone clinics has won praise from the UN. The agency today declared it is pleased to work with the Southeast Asian nation on "effective harm reduction approaches ensuring a comprehensive response to HIV in Vietnam,"... Read more »
Methadone Interactions With Anti-HIV Drugs, Medications for Opportunistic Infections and Psychiatric DrugsBecause many medications for HIV and for the prevention of opportunistic infections are broken down by the same liver enzymes that metabolize (break down) methadone, these drugs may cause changes in the way you respond to your methadone dose. Some... Read more »
Russia Will Not Use HIV Spending to Fund Needle Exchange, Methadone Therapy, Reuters ReportsThough Russia is doubling its budget for HIV in 2012 over 2010 levels, "no money will go to such internationally recognized efforts as needle exchanges" and methadone replacement therapy, Reuters reports. "Moscow doesn't believe these approaches... Read more »
Few advances in the field of substance abuseelicit such passionate feelings as methadone maintenance, a treatmentcreated at Rockefeller University in 1965. There are approximately 350methadone maintenance programs throughout the United States. In... Read more »
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