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What Medicine Can Yo Take To Help Hiv

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Will hiv medicine costs drop and how can we help to bring them down...

Dear Dr. Wohl,As it has been become quite clear that many individuals who are hiv infected cannot actually afford hiv treatment.I have a couple of questions and would appreciate if you could point me out in the right direction. Thank you very much...
David Wohl, M.D.

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Dear Edmund-The path to getting access to HIV care starts close to home. You need to link up with people whose job it is to connect HIV medications and care with those who require them. In many states this will be a social worker or case manager... Read more »

HIV medicines and Anti-depression medicines

Dear Michael Shernoff,I am one of those persons that suffer from chronicle depression plus I and... Read more »
Articles
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

PLoS Medicine, Journal of Infectious Diseases Articles on HIV/AIDS, Global Health Issues; Uncommon HIV Subtypes in Minnesota; 2005 Gates Award for Global Health

PLoS Medicine : The May 31 issue of the journal includes several articles and studies on HIV/AIDS and other global health issues, including "HIV Epidemiology in Africa: Weak Variables and Tendentiousness Generate Wobbly Conclusions ," "The... Read more »
American Academy of HIV Medicine

American Academy of HIV Medicine Endorses New HIV Testing Guidelines; Remains Concerned About Funding for Tests and Treatment

Washington, DC -- The American Academy of HIV Medicine has endorsed the revised recommendations for HIV testing in health care settings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which recommend significant expansion of routine HIV... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

India Offers Guyana Credit to Help Buy AIDS Medicine, Modernize Government

On Tuesday in Georgetown, India agreed to extend a line of credit to help Guyana purchase AIDS drugs and acquire computers with which to modernize government operations. The agreement came during a visit by Shashi Tripathi, a secretary in India's... Read more »
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

High Cholesterol -- Medicines to Help You

Cholesterol is a kind of fat in your blood. Your body makes its own cholesterol but you also get it from the foods you eat like meat, potato chips, cookies, and eggs. Some people have too much cholesterol in their blood. Cholesterol can build up... Read more »
Connect With Others

EXPIRED HIV MEDICINES

Posted by Queenster, 1 Reply
Hiya all, is so sad in some part of the World like Africa more especially Ghana where expired drugs are given to hiv positive people. I don't know which organisation or how the drugs gets to Ghana, but it is so bad to give expired drugs persons... Read more »

HIV - Medicine Early? Support?

Posted by bigdog2007, 3 Replies
In Late-January of 2006, i was a male victim of sexually assault. I went to a local urgent care, and they advised me to get a HIV test. I did get a test, and the test results for RNA came back positive. The ELISA test came back negative. I... Read more »

Help me, oral sex with HIV+ woman

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
11 days before, i made an oral sex with a girl without protection, then i ejected into her mouth. 2 days later, i had doubts, so i took her to test HIV. The result is she infected HIV+. I did not know to take PEP medication until i knew the result.... Read more »

Re: Re: re: Help me, oral sex with HIV+ woman

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
thank you for your all replications
you know i am still in a bad thinking. my doctor also said the risk to be infected very low. but i wonder "very low" what it mean? would you please tell me how many percent i will be infected? are there any cases... Read more »

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