Retroviral Drugs

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Retroviral drugs and HIV testing?

It seems that there are a number of people writing in doubting their NEG. status. Is it possible that the retroviral drugs that are making people non detectable are somehow simple changing the composition of the virus?Could this have mutated the...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Unlikely.MH... Read more »

TAKING ANTI RETROVIRAL DRUGS

Tested and found HIV positive with a CD4 count of 525. Why are the doctors refusing to place me on... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

Drugs - Combivir and Retrovir

Kindly explain to me the treatment that I am about to take - Combivir and Retrovir and their side... Read more »

Response from Sharon Lee, M.D. »

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Articles

Ranbaxy Receives Tentative FDA Approval to Produce Generic Version of Antiretroviral Retrovir for PEPFAR

FDA on Wednesday granted tentative approval to Indian generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories to produce the antiretroviral drug zidovudine for inclusion in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief , the Newark Star-Ledger reports.... Read more »

Zidovudine (Retrovir, AZT)

What Is Zidovudine? Who Should Take Zidovudine? What About Drug Resistance? How Is Zidovudine Taken? What Are the Side Effects? How Does Zidovudine React With Other Drugs? What Is Zidovudine? Zidovudine (Retrovir) is a drug used for... Read more »

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) May Detect Drug Failure

Are your antiretroviral drugs being properly absorbed into your body in order to suppress HIV? If antiretroviral therapy is not working in an individual who is 100-percent adherent to the regimen, drug monitoring of antiretroviral drugs may... Read more »

Lack of Political Will, Drug Shortages Impede South African AIDS Drug Program, Study Says

A lack of political will and a shortage of antiretroviral drugs have impeded the rollout of South Africa's national antiretroviral drug program, according to a report released on Saturday by the South African treatment advocacy group Treatment... Read more »

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Sindrome Retroviral Agudo...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hola,
Hace un mes y 10 dias tuve una relacion con sexo oral que creo fue de riesgo. A los 15 das de hice examenes generales, Elisa, herpes, hepatitis, sifilis, todos negativos. Hacia la cuarta semana tuve faringitis viral, fiebre, diarrea. Mucho... Read more »

Acute Retroviral Infection

Posted by DDS, 1 Reply

I was just diagnosed last week. My HIV doctor thinks that I am experiencing, based on my symptoms, and Acute Retrovirial Infection. He and I believe that I am very recently infected (July). He said there are some new treatment paths for people... Read more »

Early HIV Treatment Failure Linked to Didanosine/T

Posted by TwinsDad, 1 Reply

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 23 - The combination of the antiretroviral agents didanosine, tenofovir, and efavirenz is associated with a high virological failure rate in treatment-naive patients with HIV, British investigators report.

Dr. Desmond... Read more »

DUDE'S NEWS

Posted by DUDE

The below is plagerized from Gallant ( the guru!)
I know that the present antiretroviral medications do not actually kill the virus.
However, if the medications inhibit the virus from reproducing, doesn't the virus die
by itself after a couple of days?? Read more »

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