When Do You Start Treatment When Hiv Positive

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Project Inform's Position on When to Start HIV Treatment

Project Inform is concerned that nearly half of all HIV-positive people in the United States do not know their HIV status or have not engaged in care and treatment that could prolong their lives and prevent new cases of HIV infection. We believe... Read more »

The Rationale for TLC+, and Project Inform's Position on When to Start HIV Treatment

Project Inform appreciates the opportunity to respond to recent blogs and other conversations that expressed concerns about Testing & Linkage to Care Plus (TLC+) and a related Project Inform position paper on when we believe HIV-positive people... Read more »

Starting HIV-Positive Patients on HAART Early Reduces Treatment-Related Complications, Study Finds

HIV-positive patients who begin highly active antiretroviral therapy when they have high CD4+ T cell counts reduce their risk for treatment-related side-effects, according to a study presented on Tuesday at the 13th Conference on Retroviruses and... Read more »

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starting treatment without a positive test

Dear David: You have answered me before and I know this sounds like a dumb question but here goes.I am 14 months out from an my only possible exposure in July 2002. Multiple HIV Tests negative for a year. and here are my symptoms.I had a very severe...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Sorry. I agree with the doctors you have seen. You have myriad symptoms that combine those seen with longstanding advanced HIV infection and those associated with HIV therapies. This does not sound like HIV. I recommend abandoning this diagnosis... Read more »

Positive for over 22 yrs/just starting treatment

Hello! I tested positive, back in 1984, but hadn't participated in "at risk" behavior, since a year prior (ergo, I HAD to have been positive in '83~or earlier). My most recent CD4=220/vl=27,000. My doctor seems to think...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hello, I think that your hubby is right on this one. Although the combination of Combivir and Sustiva is still commonly used, there has been a movement towards less toxic and more effective starting regimens. For example, Combivir and Sustiva has... Read more »

Recently positive, need to start treatment ,on COBRA, what next?

Hi there! Thank you for this very valuable resource. I am computer programming professional living and working in New York. I am recently HIV positive, and it has been determined that it is time to begin drug therapy. I have a comprehensive...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

1. Yes it is legal. There is no legal obligation for an employer to offer his employees medical benefits.2. As long as you can continue to pay your COBRA premiums, they cannot drop you. The COBRA arrangement does not complicate things. The plan... Read more »

long term positive not on meds yet, now what? (WHEN TO START TREATMENT)

Are there any studies or recommendations for people who have been infected for long term, not on meds, yet still respectable numbers? I was infected in or before 1989, some key numbers are (1992) cd4 488 % 21; (1998) cd4 462 % 23 vl 3576 (2007) cd4...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,"Studies or recommendations" for this situation? Well, clinical "studies" would not be feasible as there would be far too many variables to control to get any meaningful results. "Recommendations" would be published... Read more »

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just tested positive..never a cure, just treatment

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

just tested positive in may 05. i'm gonig thru all the stages. denial, anger, depression, thinking about suicide...etc. as much as i want to have hope for a cure within the next 10 years, i dont' think there will be one. there will be treatment, but... Read more »