What Are The Different Hiv Medications

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Resensitization of HIV to different medications

Is there any official or unofficial protocol for resensitizing the virus to previously resistant medications. I have heard that a drug holiday can sometimes cause the wild type virus to proliferate and the resistant virus to die off. I have also...

Response from Renslow Sherer, M.D.

University of Chicago Hospitals

No, there is no such protocol. Remember that a person is infected with a 'swarm' of virus, not a single species, and there is an ongoing shift in the dominant species from the first moment of infection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART)... Read more »

the medical difference between HIV and AIDS

what is the medical difference between HIV and AIDS?... Read more »

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D. »

Different countries different standard

Dear Dr. BobI am the one in china who tested HIV 6 times with all negative results and a pretty... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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Mechanisms for Circumcision to Reduce HIV Transmission in Different Penile Tissue: Target Cell Differences Rather Than Keratinisation

An intensive study looking at the protective impact on adult male circumcision for reducing the risk of sexual HIV transmission suggested new biological mechanisms for protection. This study was presented as an oral presentation by Minh Dinh from... Read more »

HIV & Me: A Woman's Guide to Living With HIV: HIV in Women and Men: What's the Difference?

It's true that HIV doesn't discriminate. It's also true that HIV treatment works just as well in women as in men. However, there are differences between men and women when it comes to living with HIV -- in fact, living with HIV as a woman can often... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Association of Medical Insurance and Other Factors With Receipt of Antiretroviral Therapy

Demographic and socioeconomic differences have been reported in access to care for persons who have HIV infection and AIDS. A recent national survey of HIV-infected persons in care, the HIV Care and Services Utilization Study (HCSUS), found that... Read more »

Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

ACTG 5202 -- Effectiveness of Different Treatments

There are several potential choices when it comes to the initial treatment of HIV infection. In the American trial ACTG 5202, researchers explored the following questions: Is a fixed-dose combination of the nukes abacavir + 3TC (Kivexa)... Read more »

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Womens and how they differ from men medically

Posted by riverprincess, 1 Reply

Other than the obvious on the outside. The medical field has only just discovered the different issues that arise from hiv and the meds we take. We need to become more pro-active with our health ladies. And even beyond the pos issues , women are... Read more »

feeling different

Posted by Anonymous, 20 Replies

Hi, I have been HIV positive for a year and a half and am doing well taking my medications. I am undetectable and my t cells are up. The problem is I have really felt different since I have aquired this disease and I always feel like nobody... Read more »

the difference between a doctor & nurse....

Posted by still_here, 2 Replies

THE DOCTOR CAN READ THE CORRECT NUMBERS OFF YOUR CHART!!!

My appt with the ID wasn't as sun shiney & rosey as I thought it might have been. Turns out my CD4 went DOWN... not up! & my VL went up also. My correct #'s are CD4 430 (down from... Read more »

what is the difference?

Posted by bura, 2 Replies

what is the difference in terms of accuracy between these 2 tests, pcr rna and pcr rna (bdna).are both of the test prone to false positive results?. my first pcr rna (bdna) result was at 132 copies. my doc says that it is non confirmatory, he says... Read more »

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