Side Effect Of Hiv Medicine

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HIV Medicine Side Effects

Good morning, My mother has been suffering from this killer disease, we have been using drug - Virotrenz, Ranbaxy drug from last 2.5yrs, CD4 count is around 350. But from last 2 year she is not able to walk and completely bed ridden, her legs pain a...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I am unclear which HIV medications are contained in Virotrenz. Certainly many generic HIV meds contain stavudine or zidovudine both of which can contribute to development of peripheral neuropathy. A thorough history and physical examination by an... Read more »

HIV medicines and Anti-depression medicines

Dear Michael Shernoff,I am one of those persons that suffer from chronicle depression plus I and... Read more »

Response from Michael Shernoff, M.S.W. »

is use of homeopathic medicine for sinusitis during window period of hiv has any effect on hiv??? (HOMEOPATHY, 2010)

sir...i am using homeopathic medicine for sinusitis(sinus in nose) disease since nov 2009 and... Read more »

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HIV Medicine Association and Ryan White Medical Providers Coalition

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Using Nutrition to Ward Off Side Effects

Understanding the relationship between food and medicine has been of interest for centuries. The earliest medicines were derived from plants and animals. Digitalis, used in the treatment of heart conditions, is a medicine derived originally from a... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Doctors Get Guidelines for Medicine to Block HIV

CDC on Thursday published interim guidelines for providers facing questions about the use of the HIV drugs tenofovir and emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) to prevent sexually acquired HIV infection. In an international trial, TDF/FTC taken orally each day... Read more »

Recycling HIV Drugs: Exporting Medicine, Experience, and Hope

This article is about a program started by HIV-positive people in New York to send surplus HIV medicines to people who need them in Latin America. Despite the desperate need for HIV treatment in parts of the developing world with soaring rates of... Read more »

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Prescription Medicine Side Effects

Posted by bscottmatt, 2 Replies

Hey all. Great to be here. I just want to share an experience I had taking an SSRI for depression. To make a long story short, high doses of SSRI's have the potential to cause extraordinary pain throughout your body as well as fatigue. Especially... Read more »

Frustration with Western Medicine

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

My main problem with HIV, has been finding Health care providers that will allow me to make my own decisions about HAART and the alternative health care modalities I am exploring. For the past two years I have had a relatively successful combo of... Read more »

Medicine

Posted by EZZ, 1 Reply

I have some serious questions about the meds tha I am on. I was recently diagnosed with HIV and the results came back with a CD4 of 500 and a Virul Load of greater than 500,000. My Dr. put me on a combination of Combivir and Colletra, I think that... Read more »

Thai Herbal Medicine

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Progress to Date: Thai Herbal Medicine has its own factory on the outskirts of Bangkok, which has been constructed to the highest prevailing standards required for manufacturing pharmaceuticals. The factory began operations in March 2001. We are now... Read more »

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