Should I Take PIs If I Have Aids

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Resitant to all PIs & almost all NRTIs

Hello,I have been HIV+ for 25 years and have done pretty well on my HIV therapies which I began about 17 years ago. Last year my viral load began to increase so my doctor & I decided to switch my regimen. My Pheno & Genotype test showed me...

Response from Renslow Sherer, M.D.

University of Chicago Hospitals

You have done well to tell me a great deal about your situation, but I will caution you and other readers of this website that complex cases with high levels of resistance and a long treatment history are the most difficult to summarize accurately,... Read more »

Interaction SIMVASTATIN + PIs

Dear Dr YoungI am HIV+ since 2006 ( nadir 104) , CD4 around 650, VL UD,late fifties, and feeling... Read more »

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

Lypo and PIs

Is there any data on PIs which are the least likely to cause or contribute to lypo? My doctor has... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

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Articles

HIV 101: Antiretroviral Agents Dosing and Administration Recommendations: PIs

Adapted from Bartlett J.G. and Gallant J.E. 2001-2002 Medical Management of HIV Infection . Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 2001. This table is a replacement for the table that was printed with a copy error on page 8 of the November 2001... Read more »

Getting the Most From Available Antiretroviral Therapies

PIs or NNRTIs for First-Line Therapy? Durability of HAART Regimens Managing Virological Failure Conclusion Selected Sources Two decades after the approval of the first antiretroviral drugs, combination HAART has dramatically lowered the... Read more »

Use of Pharmacokinetic Enhancement in Antiretroviral Treatment-Experienced HIV Patients

Abstract Protease inhibitors (PIs) are potent agents for controlling HIV infection. The physicochemical properties that make these drugs inherently effective for suppressing intracellular infection also predispose them to the effects of... Read more »

U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration

Asian/Pacific Islanders and HIV/AIDS in the United States

The term "Asian/Pacific Islander" (A/PI) is used to identify approximately 40 cultures -- representing more than 100 languages and dialects -- that vary widely in area of origin, tradition, and religion. 1 A/PIs are concentrated in several parts... Read more »

Connect With Others

Great resource for HIV/AIDS and ADA

Posted by ScotCharles, 3 Replies

http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/aids.htm

This site has a somewhat helpful booklet that includes some suggestions on reasonable accomodations for people with HIV/AIDS. Some of the accomodations are silly, and some are very good indeed.

The Americans with... Read more »

Ageing with AIDS

Posted by ScotCharles, 3 Replies

As many of you know, I was diagnosed with HIV in September 1984; but, as with many others, I probably was initially infected years earlier. I started AZT in 1994, then DDC, then epivir/zerit. I went off meds in 2000 at my insistence and didn't... 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 »

World AIDS Day 2006: raising 'HIV/AIDS' Awareness

Posted by Anonymous

World AIDS Day 2006: Raising 'HIV/AIDS' Awareness

We urgently need to raise 'HIV/AIDS' Awareness to stop the epidemic spread of AIDS-related Myths, HIV-related Lies and Pharmogenocide: Iatrogenic 'AIDS' ('AIDS' caused by anti-retroviral' drugs).

World... Read more »

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