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Q: Can you have full blown AIDS and remain healthy without medication?
I have full blown AIDS. I don't take medication, and I remain healthy even with low t-cells, sky high viral load, and a low WBC. Last labs were 71 cd4, 500,000 vl, and 1.8 WBC. Are there others like me who remain healthy even though you don't take HIV meds?
A: It is wise to start taking medications at this point.
Q: Why is treatment and medication for AIDS and Cancer so expensive?
These 2 diseases kill millions each year, mostly due to the majority of patients who can't afford the proper treatment and care. So why do the medications and treatments continue being so bloody expensive? Especially in developing and third world countries. Shouldn't the UN create some sort of task-force or governing body to streamline the treatment for AIDS and Cancer all over the world?
A: Research and development of drugs is very costly. Paying lobbyists to buy votes and bribes for FDA approval is rather expensive as well. Drug companies do not profit long term if a cure is found. More money can be made with "treatments" that only prolong the disease. However as an average person there is very little you can do. The entire drug industry has become so corrupt that it would seem the wasted tax dollars used to restrict "street drugs" could be used for a new "drug war" on the multi-billion dollar industries. Maybe even help fund a national free health care plan for the United States.
Q: The Problem of supplying AIDS medication to LEDC’s (Less Economically Developed Countries)?
The Problem of supplying AIDS medication to LEDC’s (Less Economically Developed Countries)
A: To be honest, I don't really get the question here. But one huge problem to giving these medicine to LEDCs is the massive cost. Someone has to pay for this stuff. These pills or injections. To quote my Dad, "Money doesn't just grow on trees". And this is some really expensive shrubbery. AIDS drugs can be very costly. HAART is bad news, financially.
Q: What are the HIV/AIDS medication available?
Are there any herbal HIV treatment available?
A: U will find good info on this page-
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/
Herbal medicines have been claimed to work, but no solid basis has been provided.
Q: What new medication will cure AIDS?
Do any doctors, pharmacists, drugs company or pharmaceutical corporations ever try to create medication with the "invert-mirror" formulation. Thus the "invert-mirror" medication will eat-up all the AIDS cells. I am not a doctor but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night....lol.
A: Current AIDS medication works by stopping the virus at various part of its life cycle, thereby stopping a infection (eg. prophylaxis given to exposed health care workers) or keeping the virus from developing into AIDS.
In theory it is possible to make a drug that targets HIV infected cells and kills them. But the problem with that is that HIV is a retrovirus, which mutates at a very high rate, in fact in a HIV+ person we can detect different versions of the virus month to month. Thus even if we can make that drug, its likely that the virus will mutate into a new form that isn't affected by the drug.
Q: Why do they give AIDS medication to Africa, but not condoms?
I think it's really stupid to try to help fix a problem, but not to try to combat the root of the problem. Giving theese people the medicine they need will only keep them alive a few more years, and without proper protection, they will most likely just have more time to give AIDS to more people. If more people have AIDS, the more need for vaccine. Is our government really that thickheaded?
A: As some have said, condoms are much more available now...but there were/are some factors keeping condom distribution from being as widespread and effective as it could be.
First is European influence. Through colonization and missionary work, the Catholic Church (please no one accuse me of anti-catholic bias, I'm just laying it out as I know it) has a strong presence. They have helped establish hospitals and clinics as part of their humanitarian work. The church has its view of condoms and birth control.
Another factor is cultural. It is simply not seen as"manly" or even "normal" to use a condom....presumably because they are a sort of modern convenience that simply doesn't have a place in their societies. Therefore, condom distribution is less than successful and not in as much demand as we might expect. Many of these poor countries don't even have "luxuries" like clean water, readily available toilet paper, or typical snack foods...so condoms seem relatively strange and unimportant, I'm sure.
Q: HIV/aids medication (RX) assistance in Canada Can anyone give me info on this??
HIV/aids medication (RX) assistance in Canada Can anyone give me info on this??
A: Hi, I know a man called David Crowe in Alberta, Canada who has the largest database of AIDS related info that includes mortality and survival rates of antivirals. The name of the website where you can access this info is Alberta Reappraising AIDS Society. Don't let anyone be pressured into taking the drugs until you have seen some of this stuff. Antivirals being "life saving" is based mainly on anicdotal stories. No clinical trial is able to back the notion up.
Q: Why do some people not take Aids medication?
A: Because it becomes a chore. To take an aspirin when you have a headache is a good thing to do. To take your ARV's (Anti Retro Virals) (anti-HIV meds) day in and day out becomes old after a few years.
It can be especially difficult to take the medications when you're feeling well.
Why?
The side effects. Some of the side effects can seem worse than the actual disease - nausea, diarrhea, sleeplessness, drowsiness, indigestion. The list can seem endless when you're going through them.
When a person starts a regimine of ARV's the side effects can last from a few days to several weeks or longer. It's difficult to try to explain to someone who is already sick that the side effects are not going to kill them. To be persitent in taking the meds is the only way for the body to adapt.
Try telling a person who can't leave his home for fear of soiling his pants that the medications are good for him. Try telling that person who hasn't eaten a meal and kept it down in the past 3 weeks that the medications are necessary for him or her to live.
Q: Is it unethical to experiment with AIDS medication in Africa free of charge to the people of Africa?
As most of you know Africa is over run by AIDS. If a company like pfizer goes into africa to test medication on people infected with AIDS is it unethical? Without medication, these people will most likely die anyway, so this has at least the chance to give them a fighting chance.
The reason i ask this is that i need to develope a business plan for school for a US based firm that is looking to go abroad. I figured this would be a good idea beacuse if any of the meds worked, they could bring them back to the US and charge a premium.
A: It would not be unethical to do this as long as informed consent was exercised, meaning that the researchers would have to explain the drug trial to each patient who they would administer any experimental treatment to and make sure that each patient understood all of the risks and benefits associated with the trial, specifically the fact that some patients may be given a plaecebo-and would therefore receive no treatment at all.
As long as the above is followed, then this could be ethically done.
Note: Resource allocation and continued care all fall under informed consent. As long as you make the patient aware of all details regarding the clinical trial (including whether or not care will be ended or continued, whether or not it will be paid or unpaid, etc.) then you will be in no violation of ethics. Infomed concent is multi-facuted and regards the process as a whole, not just information about the treatment. Remember that whether something is ethically and whether something is morally correct, are two different questions.
Q: If Togo can distribute hiv/aids medication free, why can't the rest of the world follow suit?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20081115/thl-uk-togo-aids-b2e59e8.html
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A: Sadly its all about who can make the biggest profit. Even the drug companies caren about is money and they really don't care about those who are dying so Long as they have record pre-tax profits.
Q: would it be unethical to test out AIDS medication in africa for free?
As most of you know Africa is over run by AIDS. If a company like pfizer goes into africa to test medication on people infected with AIDS is it unethical? Without medication, these people will most likely die anyway, so this has at least the chance to give them a fighting chance.
The reason i ask this is that i need to develope a business plan for school for a US based firm that is looking to go abroad. I figured this would be a good idea beacuse if any of the meds worked, they could bring them back to the US and charge a premium.
I mean i would be fine with reibursments, but i'm asking if it is wrong because there is a possibility that the meds might kill them in the name of science?
A: testing meds on ANY group of persons without any form of reimbursement is unethical. you can test your meds on whomever you want, as long as certain factors are met. you can google the phases of drug testing to find out details.
you MUST reimburse test subjects even people with AIDS who are inevitably going to die.
EDIT: i wouldnt draft a business model for manufacturing HIV/AIDS meds. the competition is already cut-throat. thats not a market you wanna step into. to begin with, i doubt you would ever find investors to start up a company.
Q: Anyone know any snoring relief aid medication or products that work?
I snore and I would like to know if any of you have any used any type of medication or snore aid products that worked for you?
Any suggestions please feel free.
I have used these things called Brez and they did work but now at times it dont work. I think I maybe putting it in wrong or something.
A: Have you had a sleep test to check for sleep apnea? I know quite a few people who have it. A machine that forces air into your nose makes a lot of difference for a lot of people. The reasons for sleep apnea include being overweight.
Q: What complications can OTC sleep aids cause for people on prescription medication?
I am thinking of taking an over-the-counter sleep aid, but I have a daily prescription of Sulfasalazine. I previously took small doses of Lorazepam under medical supervision for insomnia, and I didn't have any problems with that. What kind of complications, if any, can I expect if I take an OTC sleep aid with my prescription?
A: If the only medication you are taking is sulfasalazine an OTC sleep medication (diphenhydramine/benadryl)should have no interaction. If you are not having any pain, plain old benadryl should do the trick. Make sure you have several hours to sleep or you might feel fuzzy/hung over. I am assuming no other med conditions/allergies....good luck.
Q: Which over the counter sleeping aids to use?
I am about to fly to Japan and will need to sleep in the plane. I generally cant get any sleep when I fly and I am looking for an over the counter sleeping aids medication to relaxe me a little. Which one would you recommend?
A: There are basically just two options when it comes to over the counter sleeping aids. You have your antihistamines, and you have your herbal-based aids. Antihistamines work by affecting your central nervous system, making it slow down and thus causing you to feel drowsy. It is the same sort of medication used for many anti-allergy medications, which is why some of those cause drowsiness.
Your best bet would be to go to http://www.bestoverthecountersleepaids.com/ the site reviews such sleeping aid treatments.
Enjoy your trip !
Q: How much medication or pills does a person with HIV/AIDS take?
Janee- the link didn't work.
A: They take around 7 pills a day.