Prednisone Effect On Hiv Test

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Prednisone effect

Hello Doctor,I had sex with a prost. in 2005 April and then got tested for 3 months then at the 6th month and the results were negative though now after reading some info on prednisone I recall having been treated with very high dosage of prednisone...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,A course of prednisone for treatment of Bell's palsy taken two years before an HIV-antibody test would not affect the validity or accuracy of your test. No additional HIV testing, including a PCR DNA, is warranted. Your negative HIV tests... Read more »

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prednisone & hiv test

Posted by vicman72, 2 Replies

Hello: i just want to know if prednisone could affect the hiv test ( elisa ). i was on prednisone for 7 day ( 40 mg 2 days and 20 mg for 5 days). i took the elisa test a week after that was negative ( 20 weeks ). this was the second one i took... Read more »

Hiv testing effectiveness please answer quick

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I just found out the tests I've been taking are called Hiv chromotography, are these as sensitive as the elisa method?

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just finished rchop chemotherapy and hiv tested.

Posted by lymphomapatient, 1 Reply

Hi all,

I just finished my 8th round of r-chop chemotherapy for NHL (DLBCL). Last friday was my last session, last prednisone was tuesday this week (3 days ago). Today (6/24/2011) I decided to get tested for HIV since all I ever read about online was... Read more »

HIV WBA TESTING

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi, Just wondering if anyone would know whether or not a Hiv WBA test(which is higher testing than hiv1 regular test) is effective for checking for hiv? Is there such a thing as testing the blood for hiv rather than hiv antibodies? Thanks for your... Read more »

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