Will NRTIs Help Me

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Off label use of NRTIs for obesity

Hi there doctor,Thanks for this fantastic web site and the work you do.Out of curosity, with the focus on NRTIs, esp. the D-drugs and azt on fat loss, has there been any discussion of using this category of drugs off-label to treat obese or...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

NRTIs are generally expensive with a wide range of potential mild or serious side effects. The effect on fat resulting in fat loss is believed to be due partly to fat cell death possibly linked to mitochondrial toxicity which has potentially serious... Read more »

Resitant to all PIs & almost all NRTIs

Hello,I have been HIV+ for 25 years and have done pretty well on my HIV therapies which I began... Read more »

Response from Renslow Sherer, M.D. »

Sustiva causing resistance to other nNRTIs

Sustiva (efavirenz)-Induced Mutation in Subtype C HIV May Confer Multi-NNRTI ResistanceA mutation... Read more »

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D. »

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A GP ON ICQ - HELP HELP HELP!

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

GUYS!!!!! I have just chatted to a guy on ICQ.
He says he is a GP and knows about infectious diseases.
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help help help

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i had ars at 3 weeks hiv hep exposure at 5 month nerve pain going down
jaw broke out with herpes on palate and three huge cold sores 6 month tested neg have severe drymouth ang itchy
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HELP PLS HELP!!!! PLS!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

i had sex with a gay guy i met in the net 2 months ago MARCH 2005. he said he got tested on the last week of FEB 2005 and the result was negative. but then again i wasnt sure if he took an HIV related blood test since it was only part of his schools... Read more »

HELP HELP...ELISA OR WB?

Posted by sadface, 4 Replies

Hi..its me the freaked out blonde. UG!
I had a hiv sceen at 3 1/2 weeks, negative. Then at 6 weeks...negative. But the test paper in the cornor said HIV1/HIV2 WB. Is this the Western blot test??? Don't they do the Elisa first and then the Wb if the... Read more »

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