Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
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I’m Joel Gallant, an HIV doctor at Southwest CARE Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and author of “100 Questions & Answers about HIV and AIDS.” I used to conduct an interactive question and answer forum on the Hopkins HIV Guide website. That Forum no longer exists, so I’m reviving it on Tumblr. The blog includes favorites from the archives of the original Forum, as well as news and..
Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
5y ago
They say all good things must come to an end. I’m sad to announce that I’m shutting down
the HIV Forum. In October I’ll be taking a new position as a senior director in
Medical Affairs at Gilead Sciences. I’ll be involved in medical and scientific education, both domestically and
globally, and will be participating in Gilead’s continued HIV drug development.
As a Gilead employee, it would be inappropriate for me to be providing answers
to your questions—especially answers that might be misconstrued as medical advice.
I’ve been conducting Q&A forums for more years than I
can count: first ..read more
Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
5y ago
You can’t find an answer because the interaction has never been studied. There is the potential for interactions with drugs that use the liver’s cytochrome p450 enzyme system, which includes two of the components of Genvoya. On the one hand, I could tell you that it’s probably safe. On the other, hand, it might not be, and there are no proven medical benefits of milk thistle ..read more
Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
5y ago
I can do better than that: I can refer you to Paul Sax’s blog. He was clearly paying more attention than I was!http://blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observations/index.php/really-rapid-review-paris-ias-2017/2017/07/30 ..read more
Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
5y ago
I’ve answered this question many times in the past, but it’s been a while. Most experts consider PrEP “overkill” when an HIV+ partner has an undetectable viral load on ART, since there have been no reported cases of transmission in such relationships. I would recommend PrEP if you were having sex with other partners or if you weren’t certain of your partner’s adherence to therapy ..read more
Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
5y ago
Here are just a few to get you started:Positively Aware: https://www.positivelyaware.com/ HIV Insight at UCSF: http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/Project Inform: https://www.projectinform.org/Clinical Care Options: https://www.clinicaloptions.com/hiv.aspxThe Body: http://www.thebody.com ..read more
Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
5y ago
This means that the virus mutates “backwards,” from the transmitted mutant form to the “wild-type,” non-mutant version that circulates in the community. However, even with back-mutation, you should still assume that some mutant virus persists in latent reservoirs ..read more
Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
5y ago
Multivitamins, taken at normal doses, would not affect kidney function or eGFR ..read more
Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
5y ago
Some HIV specialists provide primary care for their patients, in which case this would be something they would do. Others provide only HIV care and leave primary care issues to the PCP. or GP. If your HIV specialist believes that there’s no reason to be more aggressive with statins in HIV+ people than in the general population, then I can see why he’d leave this to your GP. On the other hand, if he believes there’s a reason for more liberal use of statins based on HIV infection itself, then he would either prescribe the statins or communicate his recommendation to the GP ..read more
Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
5y ago
Mike, HIV doesn’t increase your risk of UTI, but UTIs are unusual in men. Maybe you’re treating the wrong condition. The more common infectious causes of urinary symptoms in men are urethritis (especially gonorrhea and chlamydia) or prostatitis ..read more
Hiv Forum | Questions About HIV and AIDS
5y ago
See link below: http://nccc.ucsf.edu/2016/06/24/case-of-the-month-false-positive-hiv-viral-loads ..read more