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Avatar m tn Did you find out she was POS?
Avatar f tn Really I do not get why doc did not gave me the full drug combination, Combivir+Kaletra, at the intial 10 hour mark. Now I‘m wondering whether this whole PEP thing still makes sense. Do you have any experience with the efficacy of Combivir alone, or whether adding another drug later, a PI like Kaletra, may still have erficacy in preventing infection? Apologies,just needed to share this.. could you advise?
Avatar n tn Initial counts were 423 viral load (not thousands - just 423) but T cell was 398. Immediately went undetectable. Put on Fortavase, Combivir, Norvir. Soon switched to just Fortavase 8 bid, combivir 1 bid. over time decreased to just 1 fortavase bid and 1 combivir bid. Been up in 700 - 900 T cell the whole time. No one can explain to me why numbers were odd to begin with. Also now that fortavase is off market my doc wants to switch me to Invirase, Combivir and Norvir.
Avatar m tn The situations that always warrant PEP are occupational exposures to HIV infected blood, and unprotected sex with somebody confirmed to have HIV. While doctors have discretion to prescribe PEP in other situations, individual risk is always weighed against the potential for serious side effects.
Avatar n tn But he said he could give me PEP Combivir BID for 28 days. I filled the prescription and began 6 days ago, 22 hours after the sex incident. I have since had the following side effects / sensations: 1. Pretty bad knee pain. Chronically. 2. Almost zero appetite for 3-4 days. It has come back a little the last two days. 3. Waking up with nausea pre-morning Combivir dose. Nausea bad enough to actually wake me, but not bad enough to make me vomit. Need to lay down though. 4. Fatigue. 5.
Avatar n tn What are the chances of infection (%)? I went on to Combivir within 2 hours of the next month - but this is working on my mind. I have a wife and 3 kids and am anxious about this. Is Combivir affective in helping?
Avatar m tn Dear friends, teachers, my English is not good, this is a translation software translation, so please forgive me, the way it is, I have a lot of body and back Peas, June 3 by sex workers with the mouth lick suck body, no other act, so the next day to eat because of fear of blocking drugs Combivir, this time from the things in the past 12 hours, then the first 11 days so that sex workers inspect three generations linked enzyme, July 3 to work by checking four generations of antigen-antibody, the
Avatar m tn So I asked him to at least put me on a 3 drug regime by adding a PI but he insisted that combivir alone should be enough for me. What do you think about this? I know you said that a 2 drug regime is not good enough but given the fact that I have no other choices, do you suggest me to continue regardless? if yes, then what about the risk of the drug resistance?
Avatar f tn I have asked this question before but I would like to know if I could be given anymore information. I had many exposures, unprotected vaginal sex, to someone who had hiv, i did not know at the time. I had a test 12-13 weeks after exposure and was negative, but I took combivir for 3 weeks 4 weeks after the exposure. Do you think the timing I took the medication had an affect on my antibody test, since I took it at a time that I could have been seroconverting.
Avatar n tn You have no risk of HIV transmission, but you do have a risk of drug side effects and toxicities from Combivir. Finally, I agree with the infectious diseases team ("nothing to worry about"). I also agree with their recommendation that you should not take PEP. You are not taking a "precaution;" you are taking a risk! We really do know what we are talking about, and whoever prescribed the PEP for you should not have done so. Dr.
Avatar m tn I also started hitching on the balls. The next morning I went and bought combivir which am now taking for prevention purposes. Was there any risk of HIV infection for my case, from her touching her vagina and touching my balls.
Avatar m tn Post the intercourse I removed the condom and washed my penis with soap and water immediately. I was so terrified post that episode that I took COMBIVIR twice a day for 19 days.I had a severe episode of flu yesterday (Runny nose,burning urination,burning of the eyes,sore throat, fever of 101'Celcius, fatigue, muscle ache,yellow vision and dry cough)(its monsoon season and my roommate had the same flu since 3 days) but no rash, no swollen glands and no diarrhoea.
Avatar m tn However, I was prescribed Combivir and Epivir (only-not a third drug) for 28 days and during this time I had a cold with a sore throat and headache for almost the whole period up to a few days ago. It is now almost 7 weeks since I had the sexual encounter in Bangkok. After 30 days I had an HIV test and the result was negative. I am now going to have a test at 8 weeks. I am worried to death and I wonder if the PEP I was prescribed has been wrong or not sufficient.
Avatar f tn you mentioned paying quite a bit of money for Combivir. Does the NIH not cover all prescription drug costs? I was under the impression that it did. Not to say that the money you paid wasn't well spent!
Avatar m tn He said that waiting three days wouldnt reduce the efficeiency of the PEP and i think he was afraid that since I am having a reaction i shoudl wait to introduce a new drug. I have taken the drugs in Combivir before for PEP (I have rather sever OCD and doctors give me these drugs since they figure I cant deal with out them). I had no problem witht he drugs in Combivir. Do you think it is advisable to wait three days and begin or start new regimen ASAP?
Avatar m tn m taking is Combivir every 12 hours, do you know more related statistics, or related information about PEP? Does the kind of exposure affects the efficiency of PEP?. Thanks.
Avatar m tn I took only one pill of Combivir like nPEP, and after i realized that i was not in a risky situation i stop consuming Combivir. Couple of days i still have some side effects from that one pill. so my question is: What kind of problem i can have after this one pill Combivir?
Avatar f tn m currently taking Kaletra and Combivir.
Avatar m tn It was not possible to get medical advise at the moment or get tested anyway (weekend + I was traveling on business) so I had taken 1.5 g azitromycin, and started combivir bid after 36 hrs on my own (I am in healthcare business, OMG). The day after I experienced chills, leg fatigue, shivering, total loss of appetite, insomnia, hot flushes to the face, and herpes labialis appeared, but resolved in two days after topical Zovirax. Symptoms remain the same.
Avatar n tn 3 days later my doctor switched me from Sustiva/Combivir to Kaletra/Combivir. A few days after that I began to develop a mild sore throat and a quarter size rash on my penis. On July 24th I got a Stat-Pak HIV test at a clinic which came back negative. By July 30th, 2008 (maybe a few days earlier) I developed a small quarter size rash on my right foot but this rash was nothing at all like the rash on my penis a few weeks earlier.