Treatment Of Women With Hiv With Azt

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An Overview of Retrovir (Zidovudine, AZT)

zye-DOE-vyoo-deen Brand Name: Retrovir Other Name(s): AZT, ZDV, azidothymidine Drug Class: Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Approved Use: Treatment of HIV Infection; Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV WARNING: Zidovudine can cause serious, life-threatening side effects. These include lactic acidosis (buildup of acid in the blood), liver problems, and blood disorders, including severe anemia. Use...

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AZT therahy

Should an Hiv positive pregnant woman have to take AZT therapy to try to prevent the baby from begin infected with HIV?...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Pregnant, HIV-infected women should definately be under expert care. Effective use of antiretroviral therapy can really reduce the risk of infection to the infant.Most current treatment guidelines for infected women include the use of zidovudine... Read more »

hiv+/- relationship, early meds, platelets and AZT

Just started dating a great guy who unfortunately is HIV+ and I'm trying to get some information. He has known for a year and a half and he's not on medication. He's 23, has a cd4 count>600 and low viral load but his doctor just...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thank you for your post.Do you live in the US or Europe? Just about anywhere in the world, monotherapy with any HIV medication is not recommended. AZT monotherapy is restricted to pregnant women and their babies (and even then, it's... Read more »

azt in labor

IF A PREGNAT WOMEN CD4 IS 684 AND VIRAL LOAD IS UNDETECTABLE DO SHE STILL HAVE TO GET AZT AND WAIT 4HRS BEFORE THE BABY IS BORN?...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

The exact treatment and timing of HIV treatment should be discussed with your obstetrician. Yes treatment would likely be recommended.... Read more »

AZT Post Prophylactic

What do you know about using AZT as a post prophylactic in case a woman has had unprotected sex with a man who is HIV positive and she is negative? Do you know when it should be used and how long it should be used to try to keep her positive? Is...

Response from Robert H. Remien, Ph.D.

Columbia University

What you are asking about is "Post Exposure Prophylaxis" (PEP) also known as "Post Exposure Treatment" (PET). Here is a response to a question about PEP that was posted on the "Safe Sex, Prevention, and Transmission"... Read more »

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Women's Aids rise due to lack of treatment

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

The Body, Fall 2002: Women not going for treatment soon enough is a reason why Aids is rising in women in U.S.A.
Don't know how much this rise is. You can read article by typing in "HIV and women fall 2002". Click on "Step Perspective, hiv in... Read more »

women, please give your opinion...

Posted by Anonymous, 10 Replies

hi everyone. this is sort of an ethical question.

i was recently diagnosed HIV positive - i found out because i was pregnant. the doctor who gave me the news advised me to terminate the pregnancy and i did. i regret that decision so much. i am 26... Read more »

Retreat in California for HIV+ Women!!

Posted by ai77, 2 Replies

Hi ladies -

Just wanted to let you know that WORLD's (Women Organized Against Life-Threatening Diseases) next retreat for HIV+ women is coming up from October 30th to November 1st. It'll be at a retreat center on the beach near Santa Cruz. $100... Read more »

Poz.com on Women with HIV

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As a woman with HIV in the 90s, I was a fringe statistic. Now, finally, the scientists and docs are catching up

by Regan Hofmann

In the mid-90s, when I first had HIV, I was... Read more »

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