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Hi, I have had aids for 15 years. I was in clinical trials at the university of Pittsburgh for 6 or 7years and took the 15 drugs available at that time. I stopped taking my meds in Nov.,08 and started again in July, 11. Since that time, I have taken Ventalin, Combivent, Myombuto11200, Biaxin 500 bid, Norvir 100, Prezista and Truvada. I stopped taking the first 4 because I thought they were making me very ill but it turned out to be an anti-depressant. I only took them for a month. The last three I took for a longer period but developed night sweats and distorted schizophrenic images for a few hours after dosing. My Dr. put me on Tivicay and Epizcon and my kidneys began to shut down. Now, he recommends Kaletra. I have a sturdy liver but have suffered injury to one kidney in my youth. My Father died from Cancer of the hypothalamus and It is clear to me, from recent experience, that I have a sensitivity there. I like my infectious disease specialist but he works 4 clinics in addition to his private practice so, he may have too many irons in the fire. I am 67 years old. I take no other drugs and except for the virus, I enjoy very good health. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank You!
Mon, 25 Aug 2014
Hello,I am Dr Matin a qualified HIV Specialist from India . I am very happy to learn that you are enjoying very good health in spite of taking so many drugs under clinical trials for HIV for so long.There are only few ART drugs which injure kidney like TDF, Indianavir and Atazanavir .I have never heard any HIV patient suffering from Ca of Hypothalamus , so just your father suffered from it , it is incorrect to think that you may suffer from it. There has to be some scientific evidence/rationale to give it some thought.
There is one study going on in Germany called 'New Era study' under Dr Hans Jager . I have met Dr Jager in a conference in India and know him doing this 'Eradication research' . Related information too is available at http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00908544.
This study is looking at decreasing viral reservoirs in 40 HIV-infected patients with either primary infection or chronic infection and successful HAART for at least three years. All patients have been started on a multi drug HAART including two NRTI, one PI, a CCR5-inhibitor and an integrase inhibitor. Decay of viral reservoirs like latently HIV-infected CD4+ T-cells will be monitored over time
and this is a step towards 'Eradication of viral reservoirs' , leading to a possible 'cure' from AIDS.
Hope this helps.
You may always contact me at mak5962@hotmail.com
Regards
DR MATIN AHMAD KHAN
MBBS, MPH ,MMSc (HIV Medicine), PhD (HIV Med)
MPhil (Health & Hospital Admn) PhD (Public Health)
Fellowship in HIV Medicine (School of Tropical Medicine , Kolkata)
AAHIVS -USA (American Academy of HIV Medicine Specialist )
M.Sc( Clinical Research ) MA (Sociology) MSc(Psychology) , MSc( Counselling & Psychotherapy)
PG Diploma in Medical Radio-diagnosis--RIMS Ranchi
PG Diploma in Family Medicine
PG Diploma in Epidemiology ( PHFI, New Delhi)
PG Certificate course in STI/HIV (PHFI, New Delhi)
Faculty, MGM Medical College , Jamshedpur , Jharkhand , India
Phone : +91 9431184120
There is one study going on in Germany called 'New Era study' under Dr Hans Jager . I have met Dr Jager in a conference in India and know him doing this 'Eradication research' . Related information too is available at http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00908544.
This study is looking at decreasing viral reservoirs in 40 HIV-infected patients with either primary infection or chronic infection and successful HAART for at least three years. All patients have been started on a multi drug HAART including two NRTI, one PI, a CCR5-inhibitor and an integrase inhibitor. Decay of viral reservoirs like latently HIV-infected CD4+ T-cells will be monitored over time
and this is a step towards 'Eradication of viral reservoirs' , leading to a possible 'cure' from AIDS.
Hope this helps.
You may always contact me at mak5962@hotmail.com
Regards
DR MATIN AHMAD KHAN
MBBS, MPH ,MMSc (HIV Medicine), PhD (HIV Med)
MPhil (Health & Hospital Admn) PhD (Public Health)
Fellowship in HIV Medicine (School of Tropical Medicine , Kolkata)
AAHIVS -USA (American Academy of HIV Medicine Specialist )
M.Sc( Clinical Research ) MA (Sociology) MSc(Psychology) , MSc( Counselling & Psychotherapy)
PG Diploma in Medical Radio-diagnosis--RIMS Ranchi
PG Diploma in Family Medicine
PG Diploma in Epidemiology ( PHFI, New Delhi)
PG Certificate course in STI/HIV (PHFI, New Delhi)
Faculty, MGM Medical College , Jamshedpur , Jharkhand , India
Phone : +91 9431184120
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