Why AIDS Treatment Has Not Been Successful?

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Using Hair to Manage HIV/AIDS and Predict Treatment Success

UCSF researchers have found that examining levels of antiretroviral drugs in hair samples taken from HIV patients on therapy strongly predicts treatment success. The findings , published in the February 20 issue of AIDS , note that the levels of... Read more »

"Hard to Argue" HIV/AIDS Treatment Impossible in Developing World With Success of Program in Haiti, Opinion Piece Says

Partners in Health and its workers in Haiti "have already made it hard to argue that [AIDS] control is impossible," and "thanks to this growing effort ... the rich nations of the world now face a choice -- a choice about the kind of planet future... Read more »

Is the Success of AIDS Treatment Making Gay Men Complacent?

When the AIDS epidemic began, it was a wake-up call for the gay community to start practicing safer sex. Practicing safer sex not only protects you against HIV, it also protects you against other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as well. ... Read more »

Ask the Experts

what happens if treatment not successful

what options are available if the treatment of the weekly needle and pills are not successful?...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

There are medication options that still could be available. This all depends on what HIV medications you have already been exposed to and what medications your virus is resistant to.... Read more »

Successful treatment for HCV - can i be reinfected?

About five years ago, I underwent the 48 week treatment for HCV and it was successful. I am HIV+, VL undetectable, CD4 550. I have a new HIV doc and he said my bloodwork reflects I have the antibodies for HCV. What exactly does this mean? Can I get...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi.If you have detectable levels of hepatitis C (HCV) antibodies in your blood, it means one of two things:You could be HCV infected (chronic HCV carrier).You were infected with hepatitis C, but have now cleared the virus from your body. Once... Read more »

Successful treatment with an OMT program

I am a methadone provider and I am working with an active late stage AIDS patient. She has struggled with abstinance but is hanging in there with both anti-viral treatment and the methadone program. I know that her methadone levels have dropped...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

We are involved in a directly observed therapy program where we give methadone and HIV medications together in community pharmacies. It is clear than NNRTIs cause methadone levels to decrease and require an increase in methadone dosing of about 25%... Read more »

Aids prevention treatment in pregnant womanfollowing rape

What would be the alternative treatment prevention open to a pregnant womanwho has been victimized by rape and exposedto AIDS infection. What drug(s) would provide the list side effect risk tothe unborn child?...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "alternative." There is growinginterest in post-exposure prophylaxis for sexual exposures, based on theapparent success of giving antiretroviral therapy to health-care workersafter needle stick... Read more »

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HIV med success stories?

Posted by sunkyst, 7 Replies

Does anyone here have any success stories with HIV meds i.e. you've been on treatment for a while and it's working well for you without too many serious side effects? Read more »

Success and happiness are NOT allowed

Posted by Lovinlife, 4 Replies

I previously tried to put up a post asking people to share anything positive or good that is going on in their life. I think it's just as important to see as the posts about people's struggles.

I got shot down in a very mean fashion for my post.

If as... Read more »

holistic AIDS connection

Posted by Anonymous

to all who would like to communicate about THEIR EXPERIENCE with natural aids treatments and the success of them. until now there has been no place to turn to for us to communication with each other and it is necessary! how are we going to compare... Read more »

natural aids

Posted by Anonymous

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