What Can I Do To Lose Weight Gain Caused By Hiv Medication

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I have a relative who is hiv positive and is losing weight rapidly - age 52 and now weights 40kg. how can she put on more weight. she is not taking any medication at the moment...

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

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Thanks for your post.Rapid weight loss in a person with HIV is very concerning for the posibility of an opportunisitic infection or other AIDS-related complication. At the very least, it's suggestive of AIDS-related wasting.The essential thing... Read more »

HIV Weight Gain

I've heard there is a treatment for weight gain due to protease inhibitors. I've gained... Read more »

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Have you experienced weight gain on Seroquel?

Posted by ScotCharles, 3 Replies

My doctor has prescribed 1/4 mg of Seroquel five times a day to control some of the symptoms of my HIV Associated Dementia. Since I've started taking Seroquel my weight has jumped by 20 pounds.

I am too vain to carry this much weight around and... Read more »

Atripla and weight gain

Posted by mimilove, 2 Replies

I have been reading a lot of posts about Atripla and weight gain and the same info keeps coming back that Atripla does not cause weight gain. Well, I feel this is false information because a lot of hivers claim the same condition of weight gain... Read more »

Problematic Weight Gain

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

Well, I feel odd speaking of the subject, but I have an increasing problem with my weight since going on the cocktail. My VL is 10K and TCells are 480, but my weight keeps going up. Is has become such a problem that my Dr is now increasing my... Read more »

is there anything i can do to gain weight with hiv

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