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Hello.
I don't know what to think...
Doctor H. Hunter Hendsfield says that immunosuppressants do not delay seroconversion byt doctor on The.Body forum says that it is possible and immunosuppressants may delay seroconversion.
I'm confused...
1.Do you know the opinion other doctors?
2.Maybe only high doses of immunosuppressants delay seroconversion??
3. What's the window period for immunosuppressed persons? 3 months? 6 months? more ??
I don't know what to think...
Doctor H. Hunter Hendsfield says that immunosuppressants do not delay seroconversion byt doctor on The.Body forum says that it is possible and immunosuppressants may delay seroconversion.
I'm confused...
1.Do you know the opinion other doctors?
2.Maybe only high doses of immunosuppressants delay seroconversion??
3. What's the window period for immunosuppressed persons? 3 months? 6 months? more ??
Yes, from doctor here with the clinic I tested at. I have tried to gather information about this and the following is my conclusion (from internet and doc's): This medicine can affect hiv test results, but has to be in quite larger dozes than I took. For this particular doze of mine (average every other day for 60 days, 2mg), the doc said it would not affect the test which was performed at the end of these 60 days (8,1 week after exposure to be exact). Later on I took another test (17,5 weeks after hiv exposure) and did not take entocort the time between the tests (i.e. from 9th-17th week) and it was still negative.
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Where did uoy get this information? In place where you did your test?
Where did uoy get this information? In place where you did your test?
For the immunosuppressant drugs to affect hiv testing it has to be taken in large dozes. I took Entocort (a sort of cortiosteroids) 2mg evey other day for 60 days shortly before my test and doctors say it's not interfering with hiv tests.
I can't answer for the Drs.. Chemo, antirejections drugs for people that have had transplants and chronic IV drug abusers is a known cause for lengthed window periods.
What do you think about immunosuppressants? Why doctors have different opinion?
And what is window period for immunosuppressed people? Is it 3 months? 6 months? It's very interesting.
And what is window period for immunosuppressed people? Is it 3 months? 6 months? It's very interesting.
It is rather general question. I was taking mesalazine , it is an anti-inflammatory drug but has also some immunosuppressive functions. I stopped it 4 months before testing.
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