Over The Counter Hiv Medication

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HIV medications and over the counter medications

Greetings,I've been on Atripla for a little over 2 years now and my liver/kidney labs are all in the normal range. I get pretty bad headaches and have some chronic lower back pain that I treat with NSAIDS or Sinus headache pain reliever with...

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

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Hello Milwaukee and thank you for your post.In general, occasional standard dose of over-the-counter medications are safe to take with your HIV medications. Indeed, NSAIDS or Pseudophed are usually ok. Be aware that this isn't an absolute... Read more »

countering dizzyness of Atripla

I just started this week using Atripla, my first HIV medication, and I have dizzyness and the... Read more »

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over the counter testosterone

hey nelson i was thinking of taking t-bombII 168tabs from MHP. been poz now for 3 years u/d viral... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

OraSure Finishes FDA Submission for Over-the-Counter HIV Test

Bethlehem, Pa.-based OraSure Technologies said Tuesday it has completed a submission seeking Food and Drug Administration approval of its over-the-counter HIV test. The company, which makes the OraQuick Advance HIV test used in hospitals and... Read more »

Drugs Sold Over the Counter Fuel HIV in India

Injection drug users (IDUs) in India are easily circumventing prescription laws for pain medications and sedatives, resulting in an informal market that is raising HIV risks, UNAIDS reported recently. Though by law many painkillers and sedatives... Read more »

Over-the-Counter HIV Rapid Tests: Issue Summary

Below is contextual information regarding the design of proposed studies to support marketing approval of Over-the-Counter (OTC) home-use HIV test kits which includes an historical overview of rapid HIV test kit approval in the United States, and... Read more »

Fortune Examines Challenges for Over-the-Counter Approval of OraQuick Oral HIV Test

Fortune magazine in its May 29 edition examines the challenges OraSure Technologies faces in obtaining FDA approval for over-the-counter sales of its oral OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody Test, which some analysts predict might not happen... Read more »

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Medication affecting HIV test

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Where can I find out information about medication affecting results of HIV test? I was on antifungal when I took my test & worried about false negative.

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Medical Text on HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was reading at the medical school's bookstore the textbook they use on HIV infection. In the chapter on the window period, they said it is basically reduced to 5 weeks. They said that an Elisa test @ 6 weeks is most likely to be positive.

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Director of HIV Medical Services Phila.

Posted by Anonymous

Esperanza Health Center
Director of HIV Services

We are currently recruiting an HIV Specialist Board Certified in Internal Medicine or Family practice to provide care and leadership to a Ryan White funded HIV program.
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

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HIV Positive Doctors and Medical Students

Posted by JumptheHorizon, 4 Replies

Hi everyone,
I have good reason to be worried that I have HIV, and am waiting the time to be retested (first was negative, which was about one month after I think I could have been infected, but my lymphocytes were down).

Anyway, what is the story for... Read more »

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