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No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: Side Effects of HIV Meds (March/April 2007)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Side Effect Chart: An Abbreviated, At-a-Glance Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects (March/April 2009)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Side Effects (November 13, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Avoiding and Managing Side Effects (May 2008)
From HIV i-Base
À la Carte -- 5. Managing the Effects of HIV and Meds on the Body (October 2007)
Part of A Practical Guide to Nutrition for People Living With HIV. For the complete guide, click here (PDF).
From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
À la Carte -- 6. Managing Symptoms and Side Effects (October 2007)
Part of A Practical Guide to Nutrition for People Living With HIV. For the complete guide, click here (PDF).
From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

General Side Effects

Dementia and Nervous System Problems (November 22, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Reporting Adverse Events to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (December 20, 2007)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Adverse Effects of Antiretroviral Drugs (November 2007)
A clinical overview from an online textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite
Adverse Events of Antiretroviral Drugs (November 2007)
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center
Transcript of The Body's Live Chat on HIV Treatment Side Effects With Dr. Joel Gallant (October 17, 2007)
From The Body
Myopathy, Cardiomyopathy, Myositis (August 15, 2006)
From AIDS Treatment Data Network
A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects (2006)
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From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Why People With HIV Still Die -- And Why They Don't Have To (March 2004)
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Other Side Effects

Light Sensitivity More Common Among People on HIV Treatment, Study Finds (April 26, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Hair Loss (2006)
Part of "A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects"
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From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Nightmares, Daymares and Sleeping Difficulties (2006)
Part of "A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects"
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From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

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