Pills For Hiv Aids

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

South Africa: Tests on "HIV Pill" to Stave Off AIDS

On Tuesday in Cape Town, the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation announced plans to test whether a pill provides protection from HIV for men at high risk of contracting the virus. Project Manager Earl Burrell said the pre-exposure prophylaxis strategy -- in... Read more »

Utahns Don't Expect Swift Widespread Use of AIDS Pill That Helps Gay Men Avoid HIV Infection

Utah HIV/AIDS physicians and advocates are reacting cautiously to news that an already approved HIV treatment can help prevent healthy gay men from becoming infected. The study involved men who have sex with men, and transgender persons who have... Read more »

Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb Develop Once-a-Day Pill for Treating HIV; Study Shows Pill More Effective Than Standard Regimen

Gilead and Bristol-Myers Squibb say they jointly have developed a once-a-day pill for treating HIV that is effective in suppressing HIV viral loads and has few side effects, according to a study published on Thursday in the New England Journal of... Read more »

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Pills, pills, pills...

Hello. I was diagnosed HIV positive in June of 2000 with CD4 at 553 and VL at 9000. Since then, my CD4 went to 351 and the VL went to 85 000. (Excuse my English...) My doctor put me on Sustiva and Combivir on December 20, saying that the side...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Many of the side effects you are experiencing do generally diminish after several months on therapy. For some, they don't and a change in medications might be in order. The nausea is often due to the AZT. A change to D4T for a while might... Read more »

Morning after pill for AIDS?

I did a really stupid thing last night and had sex with someone I met at a bar, without a condom. I am a female, and I have never done anything like this before, and have had sex with only two other people in my life! I have no idea what his HIV...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Unless you know that your partner had HIV-disease (HIV infection had been confirmed through testing) or had significant risk for infection (sex with men, shares needles, or confirmed exposure to HIV), taking medication (PEP) after your exposure is... Read more »

HIV and addicted to prescription pain pills

My daughter is HIV positive. She takes meds for the HIV, however she has a doctor for Infectious Disease, a psychiatrist, and one she gets pain pills from that was treating her for a knee injury from a car accident. My concern is that I believe...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

You are right to be concerned. She should definitely have her doctors communicate with one another, if they aren't already doing so. Each doctor should know what other medications she is taking.However, the fact that she is taking these... Read more »

best anti hiv pill combo

Hi ! I'm a 23 year old male, diagnosed with hiv about a year ago. I have been taking truvada, norvir and prezista for 4 months now. Asside from a rash I had at first, I seem to be tolerating them well.Which would you say is the best anti-hiv...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

Everyone is different and people respond differently to medications, so it is hard to say.I am assuming that you are on your first antiretroviral combination and that you were not infected with a virus that had resistance mutations to current... Read more »

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Thrush... HIV or the pill???

Posted by Anonymous

About one year ago i had a huge HIV scare..... I tested negative at 7 weeks and never tested again because i was told a 7 week test is quite conclusive and i wasn't really in high risk.... i needed to get past it and move on.
I took a new lease on... Read more »

how many pills?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello, I am HIV positive and go to doc next week. Probably start on meds. I would like and idea of how many pills I will have to take. I know it depends but I'm just curious how many so of you take. I know its not like it used to be taking loads... Read more »

Treatment breaks/Pill holidays

Posted by AIDS2HIV, 1 Reply

Treatment Breaks Increase AIDS Complications

By Research + Treatment News
Until more research is available to show who can safely take treatment breaks, researchers advise all HIVers to avoid treatment interruptions and change to better-tolerated... Read more »

single one a day pill

Posted by Anonymous

July 9, 2006
New Medicine for AIDS Is One Pill, Once a Day

By ANDREW POLLACK
The first complete treatment for AIDS that is taken once a day as a single pill is expected to be available soon.

The pill, which combines three drugs made by two companies,... Read more »

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