Relation Between HIV/AIDS And DRUG ABUSE

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AIDS related dementia and substance abuse

My husband has AIDS and I am negative. He's also had AIDS related dementia for about 5 years. Two years ago he had an arrhythmia attack, and was in a coma for a week. He was a different person after that. He started using illicit drugs...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

Having an arrhythmia and being in a coma puts a person at high risk for brain damage due to anoxia (insufficient oxygen to the brain). I don't know if this happened to your husband, but if he has suffered some aggravation of his dementia, this... Read more »

HIV and Drug ABUSE

I have an HIV Pos. gay friend who also has a drug prob. He is very intell. good job, and so on.... Read more »

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D. »

Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS

Thank you so much for your help in this forum. I tested negative for HIV in August and October... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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Drug Abuse and the Link to HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases

What Is HIV/AIDS? The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is a virus that lives and multiplies primarily in white blood cells (CD4+ lymphocytes), which are part of the immune system. HIV... Read more »

African Women Gather to Address HIV/AIDS-Related Abuse

Hundreds of African women on Monday gathered for a conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to discuss issues surrounding violence against women living with HIV/AIDS, their rights and access to antiretroviral treatment, AFP/ Yahoo! News reports.... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Florida: Improved Treatment for Drug Abusers May Reduce AIDS Deaths

In 2009, 3 percent of Polk County's 100 new HIV diagnoses were attributed to injection drug use. Though the proportion for IDU-related cases has declined from its 1980s peak, IDUs today remain a hard-to-reach population. "We don't see that many... Read more »

Contingency Management Reduces Drug-Related Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk Behaviors in Cocaine-Abusing Methadone Patients

The current study examined whether contingency management (CM), known to be efficacious in reducing drug use, also reduces HIV risk behaviors, and if these effects are mediated by longest duration of abstinence achieved during treatment. The... Read more »

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partner abuse

Posted by sharlee

Hello,

I am posting here at the suggestion of Cynthia Knox at Bronx AIDS Services.

I am writing an article on same-sex domestic violence for a magazine writing class at Columbia University's. Would anyone be willing to share experiences of... Read more »

AIDS related motor deficits.

Posted by bnthecliff

Sorry for the lengthy post.

I was diagnosed with HIV over 12 years ago. I had a CD4 count of 33 but was never sick. Two months later, I started meds..........AZT, Videx and Epivir.............about 2 months after that, I started feeling very... Read more »

aids related dimentia..

Posted by AIDS2HIV, 1 Reply

Common anti-convulsant drug may help slow the progression of dementia
Researchers have found that a common anticonvulsant drug improved cognitive function and appeared to restore nerve cells in the brains of patients with HIV-related dementia. The... Read more »

live-in relative with HIV/AIDS

Posted by qwerty, 4 Replies

i overheard a conversation from my lil brother concerning he might have hiv/aids; he is under 18 years old but i also heard in the conversation he's been sexually involved with other boys and men. he doesnt know i heard all this and now im... Read more »

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