When Is It Time To Take Hiv Meds

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How timely do HIV meds need to be taken

Hi, I'm newly diagnosed,and I've not yet started on any meds. I travel a lot with work. Often spending months at a time in different countries and time zones. Do I have to take my meds at the same time always, ie midnight in NY, but 5 am...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

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Good question. If you are taking Atripla, a pill that has three medicines that have a long half life,or a boosted protease, you may have a little lead way when you travel. When I travel across oceans, I may take one dose of pills earlier than I... Read more »

if one is wrongly diagnose three times and take hiv meds

Doc if one is diagnose three times and test prove false positive of HIV+ and put on HIV medications... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

best first time hiv med treatment

Hi Keith, recently tested positive to hiv and have told no one, infected in jan 08 and tested... Read more »

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Experience sought with med starting times...

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

Have you started meds early in infection or later after an OI, low CD4? Can you share experience? Trying to figure best time to begin and what are advantages and disadvantages of starter sooner or later?

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Starting meds for the first time.

Posted by glowstixboyoh, 15 Replies

Hi everyone. I am a little angry right now. I was diagnosed poz on march first of this year. I just got my lab results back and people think I should start meds. Its seems to them the virus is newly aquired, but it also looks like my immune... Read more »

long time without hiv medication but ignored in sw

Posted by thriller, 2 Replies

I have been pos for some 20 odd years and am still without meds, I feel ignored by the hospitals in sweden where I live. My levels of cd4 and virus have been steadey for a long time and since -99 -00 they went down after an operation for overweight... Read more »

Can you work full time through life with hiv/aids?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Hello,

I have been positive for a year with cd4 468 and viral load of 13K. No meds yet. I am only 36. I have been divorced twice with four children and very very large child support obligations. I have talked with my doctors and read about the... Read more »

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