Tb And Hiv Drug Treatment

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Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Treatment for People Living With HIV

Table of Contents Acknowledgments and Credits Getting Started How to Use This Guide Living With HIV, Living With Treatment: The Capsule Version HIV and AIDS: The Basics The Immune System What Does HIV Do to You? Monitoring... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Canada: Study Says Increasing HIV Drug Treatment Will Save Millions Through Prevention

Expanding HIV therapy in British Columbia from 50 percent to 75 percent of those eligible would curtail the spread of the epidemic and save US $900 million over 30 years, suggests recent mathematical modeling from Canadian researchers. The findings... Read more »

The Future of HIV Drug Treatment

In a Capsule Treatment choices are constantly expanding as new antiretroviral drugs are developed. Other forms of treatment, such as immune boosters and therapeutic vaccines, are also being investigated. Nobody can predict the future.... Read more »

Ask the Experts

HIV Intravenous drug treatments

I am trying to find out what drugs are available in an IV form so as to help me in making decisions on drug therapies and treatments. I have searched the web and am still confused on what to search for because I get so many things that do not...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

The only antiretroviral that is available in an approved intravenous form is AZT (retrovir). I am not sure why you are looking for IV forms of the antiretrovirals. I can imagine that nausea or swallowing might be problems. If so, treating the... Read more »

What are the best HIV drugs out there for first time treatment?

I was diagnosed with HIV in July of last year. I'm a 22 year old male. I have not yet taken any medication because my CD4 counts have been good so far, but I have a feeling I may need to start medications soon. If you were my doctor, what...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.The best answer is that there isn't any single regimen that's best for all people. We choose medications based on viral resistance patterns, your current health status (and risks for complications) as well as... Read more »

Recreational drugs and HIV treatment

I am starting treatment for the first time this week -- I will be taking Combivir and Nevirapine. I am a social person and once in a while will use coke, ecstasy, speed, marijuana. Not often....say, once a month on a Saturday night and not in...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

I am not aware of interactions with this regimen. However, there have been cases of death with ecstasy and ritonavir (Norvir) (Kaletra too) due to an interaction. Speed is not good for the immune system and seems to be associated with viral load... Read more »

HIV Treatment and Street Drugs

OK. There is some type of manual that needs to be out there that tells me what street drugs interacts worse with which HIV med, and be honest enough to only list the complications that might occur, even if on med vacation. I am going to a musical...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Crystal meth has been linked to increased risk of HIV transmission due to increase in unsafe behavior (likely true with many other drugs you mention). Even HIV+ persons doing well can either transmit HIV to others or acquire a new strain of HIV... Read more »

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New treatment approach to HIV: trial announcement

Posted by Anonymous

We've applied for patent protection on a novel treatment approach to HIV using existing medications already FDA-approved for other disease indications. We hope our approach will decrease infectivity by HIV virus, as well as delay progression to... Read more »

Early HIV Treatment Failure Linked to Didanosine/T

Posted by TwinsDad, 1 Reply

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 23 - The combination of the antiretroviral agents didanosine, tenofovir, and efavirenz is associated with a high virological failure rate in treatment-naive patients with HIV, British investigators report.

Dr. Desmond... Read more »

HIV and Treatment Denial

Posted by Deny, 3 Replies

I was told a month ago by my doctor that I was HIV positive and that my cd4 count was 380. My doctor informed me of the various treatments to take if my CD4 drops below 350. I told my doctor that I refuse to take any medications, that I am not... Read more »

Cash For Your Opinions On HIV Treatments

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

We are currently conducting a research study on antiretroviral medications that are used to treat HIV infections.

We are inviting the following categories of patients to participate in this study for their opinions:

vAfrican American males ages 30-54... Read more »

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