Postpartum Depression And Hiv Cocktail Drugs

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Depression and HIV

Treatment for Depression Depression can be treated with lifestyle changes, alternative therapies, and/or with medications. Many medications and therapies for depression can interfere with your HIV treatment. Your health care provider can help you select the therapy or combination of therapies most appropriate for you. Do not try to self-medicate with alcohol or illegal drugs as these can increase depression and create additional problems. ...

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HIV-2 and drug cocktails ?

Thanks for one of the best Global web HIV pages! Dose it exist anypapers/research on: if the "standard" drug cocktail work just as well/bad forHIV-2 as for HIV-1 ? From Curious European...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question and comments. HIV-2 is a very rare virus. It should therefore come as no surprise that there is very littleinformation about treatments in persons infected with HIV-2. The vastmajority of persons infected with... Read more »

The accuracy of PCR test, cocktail therapy & an HIV cure

Hi Dr Young, Thank you so much for your answer and it sets my mind at ease as I suffered from anxiety and depression in the past. The risky event almost triggered an anxiety attack. After taking a closer and comprehensive look at your impressive...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hi and thanks for posting again. I appreciate your comments about Vancouver and Colorado- I've been to your lovely city and surrounding mountains several times and have had a terrific time (Todd Bertuzzi not withstanding).Let me see if I can... Read more »

effects of hiv cocktail on diabetic

Police officer must take hiv cocktail due to bite on hand from drug user. Officer is diabetic. Can they take this cocktail and what side effects occur...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

A one month course of antiretrovirals rarely would have any lasting effect on diabetic status. For some regimens and diabetics there could be a modest aggravating effect during the 4 weeks on treatment. KH... Read more »

Hiv cocktails

In 2001 I started the sustiva and truvada cocktail I was very fortunate to have had no major side effeck in the beginning. In 2008 I started having bad insomnia, and was told by my hiv doctor that sustiva might be playing a part in my sleep problem...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,If you have tolerated Sustiva and Truvada since 2001 without side effects, it's very unlikely they would be the cause of your insomnia that began in 2008. It's also unlikely that your new regimen of Norvir, Truvada and Reyataz is... Read more »

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Looking for people using drug cocktails

Posted by Anonymous

I am a graduate student at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT. I am working on a story about reactions to drug cocktails and protease inhibitors. If you have had a positive reaction, for example, your T-cell count has gone up after taking them,... 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 »

Cocktail Daze

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

With the new guidlines coming into effect in Jan what will doctors tell their patients who are now taking the cocktail. "Oh I'm sorry you did not need to take it after all" or " I guess I don't really know what I'm doing please don't sue me." One... Read more »

Faith versus Cocktails

Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies

I.ve been positive for 12 years, 4 years ago I started monitoring my bloodwork after my lover past away. My T-cell count was between 200-300 4 yrs later they finally dropped to 178 since July then to 132, then finally to 93 currently. Despite my... Read more »

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