Side Effects Of PIs

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Older PIs

Do you think everyone should get off the older protease inhibitors even if they are doing well and if not, why not?...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

If patients are doing well on any of the older PIs (meaning their viral load is suppressed and they have few or no side effects) then there often is little reason to switch. I often switch patients to make a regimen simpler to take and to save the... Read more »

Docs want me off PIs

Thanks for the time and effort. It helps!!!Have been on Crixivan/Combivir since 1997. Switched to... Read more »

Response from Susan Little, M.D. »

Older PIs

Do you think everyone should get off the older protease inhibitors (like crixivan) even if they are... Read more »

Response from Brian Conway, 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 »

Managing Long-Term Side of Effects of HIV Therapy

You've Come a Long Way, Baby Antiretroviral therapy (HAART, ART, or anti-HIV medicines) has indeed come a long way in the last 25 years. ART has allowed for individuals who are HIV-positive to live longer lives. New ART medicines and classes of ART... Read more »

Two Studies Show Kaletra and Isentress Similarly Suppress HIV, Yet Have Different Side Effects

In oral presentations at CROI 2009 in Montreal, Canada, results from two studies show that switching from a stable and effective Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) regimen to one with the new integrase inhibitor Isentress (raltegravir) results in... Read more »

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Expect the best!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Note: As I started to think about, many of you should start looking into this. Find out where clinical trials are on drugs without these side effects, and when new ones will be out. The only thing you have to lose is your body. I'm glad to be... Read more »

Crixivan

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I am thinking of taking Crixivan. I heard it was terrible and has side effects that are bad. ANyone with expereince?

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Sudoracion en manos y pies

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Alguien sabe si la sudoracin en manos y pies puede ser sintoma de vih

Gracias y quedios los bendiga Read more »

Para natividad

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Felicitaciones amigo , ya esta ya la tienes lo que tanto soaste,que bien Dios te bendijo y agradecele a el solo a el.
Se lo que se siente creer que lo perdimos todo y no poder hacer nada yo he pasado por lo mismo amigo cuida tu familia, ese tesorito... Read more »

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