What Are Limitations Of Haart

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COMMENCING HAART TO A CHILD

I would like to start with HAART to a child who is 5 years old. Could you please give me some information regarding dosing and so on?...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

Treatment of children is quite complex and there are issues which are different from adults. Five year olds usually can't take pills, liquids may taste bad, yet adherence is key. Dosing guidelines are available in the guidelines for pediatric... Read more »

cd4 and HAART

I know there is no way to tell what cd4 count was prior to infection with HIV. However, I was... Read more »

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

anti-Haart resistance vaccine

Dear doctors, while it is difficult to make vaccine for fresh HIV infection, it is likely very... Read more »

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

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Articles

HAART Turns 10

Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART), or combination therapy, is nearly ten years old. The first protease inhibitor, Invirase® (saquinavir hard gel capsule), was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 6, 1995.... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HAART Improves Syphilis Serologic Response Rates in HIV Patients

New research indicates that in patients co-infected with HIV, highly active antiretroviral therapy reduces syphilis serologic failure rates. "Syphilis and [HIV] frequently coexist in patients, but the effects of immunosuppression on the course of... Read more »

HIV Persistence in Patients on HAART: Re-Evaluating Prospects for Eradication

Plenary moderator: Good morning, and first, congratulations to the award recipient, and it is my pleasure to introduce the first speaker for the plenary session this morning. Dr. Robert Siliciano is a member of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute... Read more »

Potentially Infectious Levels of Intermittent HIV Shedding Can Occur in Seminal Fluid Despite Years of Suppressive HAART, Research Suggests

There's nothing like hearing the results of studies directly from those who actually conducted the research. In this interview, you'll meet two of these impressive HIV researchers and read their explanation of the studies they presented at CROI... Read more »

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Personal opinion about HAART Treatment

Posted by TwinsDad, 1 Reply

Hi,

I was recently infected and I was wondering for people that have been using HAART, What is your personal opinion about the treatment? How long do you think that we will have to use it? Please, let me know.

Thank you in advance for all your... Read more »

CDC says HAART is to blaim

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

From 1992 through 2000, we observed a total of 7188
deaths, 4870 (68%) during the pre-HAART period, and 2318 (32%) during the HAART period.

Compared with the pre-HAART period, proportions of deaths with the following conditions Deaths from... Read more »

Pancreatitis from HAART

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

For the last month, I have been battling acute pancreatitis and metastatic hemangiomas brought on by videx, dapsone and norvir in combination. The symptoms are debilitating abdominal pain, fever, and weigh loss. Mine started as a mild stomach ache... Read more »

HAART in Blood vs. Tissue

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Medscape, a physician Web site, published this month a study on "HIV" detection in blood vs. tissue. This highly technical paper basically says in patients taking HAART with no detectable viral load, they found plenty of HIV DNA and RNA in rectal... Read more »

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