Taking Kaletra After Truvada

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I'm Taking Kaletra & Truvada

Hi Doctor Henry,I'm on Kaletra & Truvada, since Sept. 2004, my Tcells are 683 & I am undetectable. I would like to know, in your opinion, your thoughts of me switching to Truvada/Efavirenz, because of the lipodystrophy occuring on my...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

If you have no history of drug resistance or concern about drug resistance then usually a switch to an alternative more fat friendly regimen is worth considering--unclear to me how much more fat friendly efavirenz is than Kaletra but that is an... Read more »

Taking truvada and kaletra together?

Hello there, i am a dentist and am taking PEP after getting a needlestick injury from a high risk... Read more »

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

i would like to stop taking truvada & kaletra

i am HIV positive and undetectable been on meds about 5yrs is there a natural herb and vitiman... Read more »

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First Regimen = Sustiva + Combivir + Kaletra?

Posted by placation, 4 Replies

Hey guys (and gals). I am sure this has been addressed in some other post through some other thread in the past, but it would take forever to try to find those messages. So, here's my question and my issues...

My doc subscribed Sustiva + Combivir +... Read more »

Started taking Truvada for PEP...any tips?

Posted by glam89, 1 Reply

Im starting Truvada for 30 days and i know there are going to be side effects but do anyone have any tips for me to make it a bit easier. What pain reliever fever reducer medications can i take without it damaging my liver even more? Is Ibuprofen... Read more »

Those taking, Raltegravir, Truvada & Atazanavir

Posted by sweetvanilla27, 1 Reply

I am wanting to hear from anyone who have experienced taking Raltegravir, Truvada & Atazanavir and how you have got on with the meds?

I first started taking meds in May this year I was put on Truvda and Sustiva first, and was taken off them due... Read more »

New Kaletra Formulation.....

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello.
I am looking at changing from Sustiva to Kaletra (My Nuke backbone is Truvada), however I have concerns about the side effect profile of Kaletra.
I hear that the newer formulation of Kaletra has less side effects that the old one - has anyone... Read more »

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