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Q: what is sustiva and combivir used for?
do you use them if you already have HIV.
A: Yes, one of the drug combinations for HIV; I am on Sustiva & Epzicom.
Q: how many mg do the kaletra and combivir come in and can you tack them both for HIV when you pregnant ?
and can you tack them. for once a day i don't no how many times of day you have to tack them
A: This is a question for your doctor, not random people on the internet. Your doctor should manage your medication in order to prevent passing on HIV to your baby.
Q: Question about combivir?
At what WBC and platlet level should i stop taking combivir?
A: COMBIVIR should be used with caution in patients who have bone marrow compromise evidenced by granulocyte count less than 1,000 cells/mm3 or hemoglobin less than 9.5 g/dL.
I have not read anything on the incidence of thrombocytopenia and combivir.
I recommend that you consult with your doctor before discontinuing your medication. Taking the correct dose and as scheduled is very important to controlling the viral load. If the dose is not adequate or if too many doses are missed, then the virus continues to replicate and/or resistance to the medication may develop.
Q: Anyone with HIV and on COmbivir and Sustiva feel fatigued???
I have been HIV+ just over a year now, I believe, and have been on Sustiva and Combivir since November of 2006. I hadn't noticed any real side effects until recently. The last month especially I have been EXTREMELY fatigued. I have been so tired all the time, that I will sleep all night, and lay around all day. I don't feel depressed (although it DOES feel depressing to be like this). I saw the Dr on thursday, and he said he couldn't figure out a reason why I would be feeling this way. I am otherwise healthy. My CD4 count is in the 600's and my viral load is undetectable. I drink plently of water, and no changes in diet. Anyone else feel like this?? Could it be low testosterone??? My thyroid?? ANyone feel like this and get answers??
No, I am NOT anemic. My Hgb was 15. As I said, my CBC was normal. My Dr gave no reason as to why I am feelinng like this.
A: you may be coming down with something (the flu eg ) or you may be anemic. I'm not sure whay you would be anemic though. If it doesn't get better, definitely go see your primary care physician. It would be wierd that a drug you have been on for a year with no side effects starts giving you side effects now.
Q: Prophylaxis medication for exposure to HIV?
I was possibly exposed to a needle on Sunday night and didn't get the medicinal prophylaxis (Combivir & Viracept) until Thursday. My family doc wouldn't prescribe it to me and I searched and searched and ended up going to the Emergency Room. I have a friend that says that is too late to be effective. But the ER doc said it was fine. HELP!
A: First off, I want to say sorry about your situation. It is a scary thing to go through unless you really know the facts. If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't have batted an eye. I know what you are thinking...easier said than done, right? The thing is, I HAVE gone thru it. Except it was with a patient who was HIV positive. Not possibly positive. He was, in fact, positive. I was stuck with the needle by the nurse. I don't even know how the heck it happened. I was in the room consulting. Boy did the nurse feel horrible!
Your treatment WAS too late to be effective. 24 hours after exposure is the max time. It SHOULD be started within 2 hours of exposure. In addition, the treatment is 28 DAYS! Yes, you read right...28 DAYS!!! Not a simple ER visit. Shame on them for doing that to you.
The reason you had such a hard time receiving treatment is that it is not recommended in your situation unless the patient is FOR SURE positive. Even then, it is up to the discretion of the provider as well as the decision of the person who was exposed. Prophylactic treatment is not always effective, and because it is a 28 day regimen, people rarely go thru it entirely. There are many adverse effects such as nausea, dizziness, etc.
In my case, I did NOT receive prophylatic treatment. It was my choice. I knew the facts. And guess what? I am HIV negative. I had to be routinely tested for 2 years. Not that I was worried. I went about my life normally. It's been 5 years since my exposure.
The thing you probably don't know is this....after being exposed to a needle contaminated with HIV positive blood, you only have a 0.3% chance of contracting HIV. Not even a 1% chance. 0.3%. That's it.
You should be more worried about Hep B or C. Please get tested. Also keep getting tested for HIV for at least a year. Once at 3 months, once at 6, and then at a year.
Try not to worry. I hope I have eased your mind somewhat. Be sure to make people aware what the ER did. That was incorrect treatment.
Q: What is a salvage therapy treatment in HIV patients?
Would want know more about salvage therapy for HIV patients on arvs namely combivir and stocrin.
A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvage_therapy
Theres good links on the bottom of that page
Q: I was diognosed to be HIV positive three years back and was put on antiretrovirols [ from that time,?
I have been taking combivir and stocrine, I have never suffered from any oportunistc infection all along. I am a married man and my spouse knows this and we always have protected sex I am 40yrs old. My main problem is that my libido has gone so low that I normaly just force myself to have sex, I never feel like doing it andmy spouse is realy having it rough. Could this be due to this drugs or what could be happening to me? Any time I go back for the tests, my viral load is always undetectable and my immune system is quite okey I am even told by my doctor that I can fathter another child at this time. What could be the reason to this low sex desire ? my docter tells me that he has no evidence that the drugs affect sex life.Could osmeone help, because my marriage is on the rocks due to this problem. Is there a solution and which one is it?
A: Have your doc order some blood tests to get your testosterone levels checked.
Once a guy hits his mid 30's, the T level can go down significantly, to the point where libido, as well as other things that testosterone controls, goes to pot.
It's a starting point.
Q: can i stop taking this medication?
i work in a hospital, i was recently stuck by a insulin needle at work and the infection control officer put me on a hiv med called combivir for 28 days. my blood was drawn about an hour after it happened everything was normal and my hiv test was negative. this medicine i got after the blood work, i've been on it about 2 weeks and its been the worst two weeks i've ever had i have been sick as hell from the first dose. will everything still be ok if i stop taking it? please help
A: If the infection control officer thinks you should be on it for 28 days, listen. One hour after being infected, I would doubt there would be a good success rate at detecting either the virus or any immune response.
If you are willing to take the risk of allowing the HIV to survive in your system if you were in fact infected, go ahead. I would not. If you can stop HIV now, stop HIV now.
Q: Needle Stick Injury and HIV/AIDS?
Three weeks ago I was operating on an HIV positive lady and I pricked myself with a suture needle. It was a round bodied non-cutting needle.
I did the ABCs and started the Post Exposure Prophylaxis program within 1 hour. I'm on Combivir and Alluvia for 28days. I don't need to talk about the lousy side effects. I really feel for people on ARVs!
The patient has been on ARVs for the last six years. I couldn't access drug compliance at the time but I'm hoping she had achieved viral supression. I'm in Africa and detailed patient workups are not standard procedure due to cost. Plus, due HIV/AIDS stigma, patients here have a right to refuse an HIV test. Crazy!
I know the stats i.e. 0.03% chance to get infected.
Anyone with a similar experience out there? Please share your experiences and outcome.
Thanks
A: Similar thing happened to me, I am a dental assistant and got stuck with a bloody instrument in my finger and the patient refused to get tested (funny thing is they dont need to in the US either). Went to the ER took the prophys and still dont have HIV a year later. They said it was very improbably since the small amount of blood, and i was gloved. Make sure you take all your meds (yes, the side effects suck), and make sure you go for your blood tests at the 3, 6, and 12 month mark, this way they can catch it early if you do.
Also, if you have no viral count at 6 months it is very very improbable that you will develope it between months 6-12, is what i was told by the ER docs, and my PCP.
I wish you the best of luck
Q: Hair loss from meds..?
Okay see i have AIDS and i started some new meds and now my hair is coming out.I'm not going bald so don't even come with that type of answer.it has happen before in the past. I can't remember what i was taken back then. it stoped after a while but it started again like 2 weeks ago.help? answers? the HAART meds are Kaletra and Combivir. i looked them up and it shows nothng about hair loss.
A: Yeah, sorry but Kaletra can definitely cause hair loss as a side effect. It doesn't happen to everyone but the 2 active protease inhibitors in there can cause this problem.
Q: Possible HIV exposure. Please help :-(?
Hi everyone,
I had a sex with a man about 2 weeks ago who, after we had finished, confessed that he was HIV+. My previous bf was also HIV+ so it's not the stigma I struggled with, but the fact that we were both a bit drunk and, though safe sex was practised, he did mention that condom may have broken. I was the receptive partner, which apparently does increase my risk somewhat. Finally, I do remember that on that night I had an open sore on my lip, and we kissed quite extensively. Now, I know that saliva contains only trace amounts HIV, but I'm concerned that I had such an obvious, gaping sore on my lip. I'm a naturally precautious person, so I immediately went to my local casuality ward and asked for PEP. I was put on Combivir. Since then, I've been told that apparently one should be put Combivir PLUS something else (to cover three categories of something or other.. I can't remember the exact details).
Anyhow, I've been on Combivir (AZT + 3TC) for nearly 2 weeks and I think I may have to stop. BEsides the nasuea and fatigue which are the most common side effects, I've developed very bad sores in my mouth and my white cell count, as taken yesterday, was I think at 3.8 which is quite low the doctor said. I'm trying to decide whether or not it's worth on to carry on with PEP. On one hand, 2 more weeks is certainly better than a lifetime with HIV. On the other, I suspect I may have overreacted in the first place. So my questions are threefold:
1. Based on the scenario I described, do you think PEP is warranted?
2. Is there any benefit to taking PEP for 2 weeks or is it an all-or-nothing approach: ie: if HIV did get into my system, will 2 weeks do ANYTHING to mitigate that?
3. What do you suggest about the low white cell count/sores?
A: As I am sure your doctor mentioned, receptive anal sex with an hiv-positive man certainly would warrant pep. The kissing is no big deal, no risk from that. Speak to your doctor about changing your drug regimen if you cannot tolerate the Combivir. As you know, it is not a good idea to continue a certain medication no matter what the cost if it is badly affecting your quality of life. A previous poster mentioned Truvada. Why not speak to your id doctor about that? Good luck.
Q: Accidental needle stick HIV PEP (Post-exposure prophylaxis)?
I was walking down the road two days ago and i felt something sharp in my shoe. I bent down and found a hypodermic needle in my foot. The E.R. doctor prescribed combivir as a HIV prophylactic. The side effects are miserable, i fell like i have the flu. The doctor said he probably wouldn't take them if it happened to him, with a fresh needle your odds are 1 in 300. I don't know how old this needle was is could of been under the snow, could of been for the whole winter.
My question is would you take it? its for 30 days.
I have no health insurance and they cost 300 bucks and my er supply is running out.
The needle was definitely out there for at least a couple of days, it was broken and bent. How long can HIV and Hepatitis C live outside of the body? possibly in a small drop of blood?
Has anyone else gone through this treatment??????
A: The treatment is brutal--bless your heart, it can make you feel pretty rubbish. On the bright side (which isn't a huge bright side), the side effects are signals that let you know that the drug is in your system and beginning to work.
The choice is for you to make whether to continue. But here are some facts.
HIV does not survive very well outside of the body. In CDC studies with super high concentrations (more than you would likely come across in any natural encounter), HIV cannot survive for more than a couple of hours because drying of even these high concentrations of HIV reduces the amount of infectious virus by 90% to 99% within several hours. Basically, once the infected bodily fluid is dry, the risk is essentially zero.
The hepatitis C virus, or HCV, can live outside the body for up to 4 days. However, many experts think it usually survives up to 16 hours at room temperature. That time decreases with decreased temperature-like outside.
Its your choice, your gamble. For what it is worth, the small chance of infection would make me want to weigh the options:
After after being exposed to a needle contaminated with HIV positive blood, you only have a 0.3% chance of contracting HIV. Not even a 1% chance. 0.3%. That is where the 1 in 300 figure comes from.
You should be more worried about Hep B or C. Please get tested. Also keep getting tested for HIV for at least a year. Once at 3 months, once at 6, and then at a year.
Q: Truvada - Hunchback as a side effect?
Has anyone experienced development of the hunchback (Buffalo hump) on their back from using the HIV med 'Trudvada'? My doctor wants to switch me from using combivir to Truvada. I researched on the internet and read something about one of the side effects of Truvada can be the buffalo hump (hunchback). I panicked! I have HIV. Other than weight gain, I have had no visible side effects from meds. Please share your experiences with the med "truvada". Thanks.
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Q: i'm on med and lost a lot of weight, how can i gain weight.?
i stated arvs in 2006 as a results i became ill (vomitting and dizzyness - CombiVir & neviripine. Then the doc stopped me the med for few months and and put me on stocrin, lamivudine and Zerit but now im eating well but not gaining wait. At the time of starting ARV my cd4 149 and now is 555. Before i stopped med the cd was above 700 then decrease to 640 and now is decreasing and the doctor is saying my percentange is increasing and vl is undetectable.
A: I'm not sure if this is compliant with your medical issues but you could try working out. Weight lifting could add some muscle to your frame and give you a few punds. Also you could increase your calorie intake. What works for me is a pack of bacon a day. Not very healthy but very effective...Not that I'm trying to gain weight but I simply love the stuff and happen to know that it's fairly responsible for a few of my extra pounds.
Q: Accidental needle stick HIV PEP (Post-exposure prophylaxis)?
Accidental needle stick HIV PEP (Post-exposure prophylaxis)?
I was walking down the road two days ago and i felt something sharp in my shoe. I bent down and found a hypodermic needle in my foot. The E.R. doctor prescribed combivir as a HIV prophylactic. The side effects are miserable, i fell like i have the flu. The doctor said he probably wouldn't take them if it happened to him, with a fresh needle your odds are 1 in 300. I don't know how old this needle was is could of been under the snow, could of been for the whole winter.
My question is would you take it? its for 30 days.
I have no health insurance and they cost 300 bucks and my er supply is running out.
The needle was definitely out there for at least a couple of days, it was broken and bent. How long can HIV and Hepatitis C live outside of the body? possibly in a small drop of blood?
Has anyone else gone through this treatment??????
A: First of all, holy %)#, that is some terrible luck.
Secondly, as far as I've heard, HIV is extremely short lived outside the human body, though there are a number of other diseases to be worried about in cases like this.
Lastly, Yahoo answers is the last place you should be looking for answers about health decisions with potentially huge consequences.