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- It is important to choose a treatment that fits well with your schedule. For example, many HIV drugs do not have food requirements but some should be taken with ...
- To cover the cost of HIV drugs, most people with HIV rely on drug insurance plans - either private plans (usually through work) or provincial or territorial ...
- The group of possible drugs for your first combination is fairly well defined. Currently, treatment guidelines recommend several possible initial (or ...
- Once you’ve started taking HIV medications, you will want to make sure your treatment is working well. In this section, we discuss some things that will help ...
- Nowadays HIV treatments can be very simple: Many people need to take just one pill a day to keep their virus under control. But one thing that hasn’t changed ...
- “My GP [general practitioner] is a compassionate doctor who spends extra time listening and talking to me, as he knows I’ve struggled with depression. ...
- “I’ve had a few blips over the years but when we’ve done a followup I’ve been undetectable again every time. When there’s a blip, I get concerned but ...
- In a word: Don’t! HIV treatment is an ongoing, lifelong necessity. This is because HIV can stay inside infected cells of the body for a very long time and the ...
- Sometimes you may have to, or simply want to, change your HIV treatment. This could be for any number of reasons: . Sometimes treatment doesn’t succeed in ...
- Your viral load is the best way to know whether your HIV treatment is working. If your treatment is successful, your viral load should drop to an undetectable ...
- “I’m still on my second cocktail and other than a kickass bout of depression... which resulted in me switching regimens, I’ve had no side effects. My ...
- Some people take the “if it ain’t broke, why fix it?” approach to their HIV treatment. Others are looking for increased convenience and a treatment that ...