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HIV Meds
by surreyUK, Oct 22, 2009 11:57AM
Hi. My doctor recently changed my meds from Atripla to the same combination but in two tablets which is Sustiva and Truvada which has emtricitibine in it too.
I checked, and these are the same ingredients in Atripla. He changed it because I had a "blip" in my viral load. Viral load was at one point after taking Atripla "undedectable" for about 10 months, then went up to 45 then 3 months later tp 65. Now my doc told me that this does happen, but just to check if I am not resitant to Atripla, he thought of giving me the seperate tablets.
Well, the question really is: Will this tablets give me new side effects as I am starting to take them tonight as Atripla gave me NO side effects.
Thanx for anyone who will be kind to reply.
I checked, and these are the same ingredients in Atripla. He changed it because I had a "blip" in my viral load. Viral load was at one point after taking Atripla "undedectable" for about 10 months, then went up to 45 then 3 months later tp 65. Now my doc told me that this does happen, but just to check if I am not resitant to Atripla, he thought of giving me the seperate tablets.
Well, the question really is: Will this tablets give me new side effects as I am starting to take them tonight as Atripla gave me NO side effects.
Thanx for anyone who will be kind to reply.
Member Comments (2)
by Teak, Oct 22, 2009 08:21PM
It was pretty stupid changing you from Atripla to taking Sustiva and Truvada doesn't make any sense at all.
by surreyUK, Oct 27, 2009 10:59AM
To: Teak
Ya, I thought the same, even the nurse said the same thing, but he wanted to see if I became resistant to anyone of the ingredients in atripla...but today I went back to the clinic and my viral load is back to being undectable,and this was before I started to use sustiva and truvada, so it was only just a BLIP!!! The doc did say he will put be back on Atripla...buthave to finish these tabs first.
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