Skipping Hiv Medication

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HIV Drug Resistance

Table of Contents What Is Resistance? What Causes Resistance? Cross-Resistance and Sequencing How Do I Know if I Have Drug Resistance? Resistance Testing Avoiding Resistance What Is Resistance? HIV drugs are designed to keep your viral loadunder control by preventing the virus from reproducing (or making copies ofitself). Sometimes HIV is able to overcome the effects of a drug and keepreproducing anyway. When this happens,...

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Skipped 12 doses PEP

Hello,After a possible exposure to HIV, i've used PEP pills the first 3 days. After that i stopped for 6 days (12 doses) now due to side effects.Will it have a positive effect if i start again? Or is it too late? windowperiodiskillingme...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Windowperiodiskillingme,If you've missed six days of PEP, there is no point in restarting treatment. I encourage anyone who has had an HIV exposure significant enough to warrant a course of PEP be followed by an HIV physician specialist.... Read more »

How many days can I safely skip taking Atripla with no consequences?

Hello,I'm a 42 yo woman living in the UK. I've been diagnosed HIV+ in October 2009, and started Atripla immediately. A year on, I've got from CD4 127 to 194 and VL undetectable from 86,500. Thankfully the treatment is supplied free of...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Hopefully you have gotten your meds by now. Within a few days after stopping one can begin to see the viral load begin to increase. In almost all cases just restarting the meds will result in the viral load going back to undetectable. Sometimes... Read more »

Atripla and skipping one dose

Hi. I don't know if this question has been asked before. I have been taking Atripla and Bactrum every night for at least 5 1/2 months [first time on meds]. I just skipped last nights dose, and i'm kicking myself for it. Is this going to...

Response from Edwin DeJesus, M.D., F.A.C.P.

You are going to be fine. Stop kicking yourself, but it is good that you learn a lesson that anti-HIV medications need to be taken with very good adherence for them to continue to work!If you have been taking Atripla for 5 months, it is likely... Read more »

SKIPPED DOSE OF ATRIPLA

i just realized that i forgot to take my ATRIPLA last night before falling asleep - i simply passed out and even slept throught the alarm that i have set to remind me about my atripla nightly.i'm at work right now so i won't be able to...

Response from Renslow Sherer, M.D.

University of Chicago Hospitals

It sounds as though you know something about my answer: Your best course with ART, especially in the first critical months on treatment, is to take every dose as prescribed. Even minor lapses like this one can lead to the development of drug... Read more »

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Skipping Doses

Posted by chrisnxs, 2 Replies

Hello Everyone, can someone please elaborate on the severity of skipping meds? My bf is positive and has been on meds for about a year. He's on my insurance and it kills the price down to a point where he can get his meds pretty easily. I discovered... Read more »

Medication affecting HIV test

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Where can I find out information about medication affecting results of HIV test? I was on antifungal when I took my test & worried about false negative.

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Medical Text on HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was reading at the medical school's bookstore the textbook they use on HIV infection. In the chapter on the window period, they said it is basically reduced to 5 weeks. They said that an Elisa test @ 6 weeks is most likely to be positive.

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Director of HIV Medical Services Phila.

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Esperanza Health Center
Director of HIV Services

We are currently recruiting an HIV Specialist Board Certified in Internal Medicine or Family practice to provide care and leadership to a Ryan White funded HIV program.
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

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