Why The New Drugs For Hiv Aren't Being Tested On People

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Drug Level Testing

What Is Drug Level Testing? How Can TDM Help? Does TDM Work for All HIV Drugs? Difficulties With TDM When Can TDM Help? Future Directions What Is Drug Level Testing? It can be helpful to test a patient's blood to check the levels of a medication they are taking. Drug levels that are too high sometimes cause serious side effects. Levels that are too low might allow HIV to multiply and develop resistance. Testing drug levels is also...

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Positive Elisa, Indeterminate Western Blot, Negative Rapid Test HIV test was indeterminate?(INDETERMINATE HIV TESTS, 2009) (PREGNANCY, 2009)

Hi, Doctor - Around 2 weeks ago during my annual OBGYN appointment, I received a HIV test. The Elisa came back repeatedly positive and the Western Blot was indeterminate with traces of P24. Freaking out, I then went to my local health clinic 4 days...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,You are most likely HIV negative. See below.Dr. BobHIV test was indeterminate?(INDETERMINATE HIV TESTS, 2009) (PREGNANCY, 2009)Feb 21, 2009 Hi, I have been sexually active for over two years now. I got tested two years ago and it came back... Read more »

WHY AREN'T PEOPLE BEING CAREFUL OF WHO THEY SLEEP WITH

I AM 24 AND SEEING PEOPLE LIVING OR CATCHING THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES HIV AIDS IT SOMETIMES HAVE ME WORRIED. IS IT TRUE THAT THIS YEAR EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE WORLD WILL KNOW AT LEAST ONE PERSON LIVING WITH HIV AIDS, IT COULD BE YOUR MOTHER AUNTY ETC....

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,"Being careful who you sleep with" is only a small portion of HIV prevention! Safer sex techniques are the real key to decreasing the number of new infections."Positively charged" folks now number over 33,000,000 worldwide.... Read more »

Ding Dong Injury- Can people trust the rapid hiv tests? (Seattle Department Finds OraSure HIV Test to Be Less Accurate Than Label Claims)

DR Greetings and well wishes!! I hope your having a fabulous evening!! First let me tell you that you give hope to the hopeless. Thats power!! Here is my story. I tested negative at 96 days with the finger prick test. I then went back and...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Actually, it was indeed a fabulous evening! I spent it having dinner with two of my favorite people: Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim and New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Rich!Regarding your ding-dong problem, the blowjob actually bruised... Read more »

condoms aren't totally safe (CONDOMS) (CONDOM EFFICACY)

I don't really have a queston but rather a statement. i'm a 17 senoir in hight school and have done many essays throughout my high school career. when i was in the 11th grade i did a report on safe sex and the different types of condoms...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,You don't have a "queston," but rather a statement. OK. You're a "senoir" in "hight" school???? Hmmm . . . . Your many essays and 11th grade report on safe sex found that there are "tiny tears in... Read more »

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Now the experts aren't sure??

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

I saw this on a post from earlier today so I thought that I'd look it up myself and now I want to cry.
If the window period was really 3 months... and if doctors believed that everyone/ all strains would be pickedup, then why wouldn;'t the doctor say... Read more »

Results aren't valid once there's another contact

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Test results are no longer valid once there's another sexual encounter
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It's not enough to state you're negative. You have to state what tests were done and whether you've had any sexual contacts since you got tested. Read more »

New York draws fire over case of drug-resistantHIV

Posted by Anonymous

Nature 433, 788 (24 February 2005)

New York draws fire over case of drug-resistant HIV

ERIKA CHECK

Rare, aggressive form of AIDS used to publicize dangers of unprotected
sex.

[WASHINGTON] A decision by New York health officials to announce the
detection... Read more »

UNITED STATES DISCRIMINATES AGAINST HIV+ PEOPLE

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UNITED STATES DISCRIMINATES AGAINST HIV+ PEOPLE

While nearly a million HIV+ American citizens enjoy the freedom to leave and travel outside their country, the United States government prohibits HIV+ individuals from other countries entry to the... Read more »

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