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Questions About Treatment & Side Effects / Re: Side effects of Stribild
« Last post by PozGuy212 on Today at 01:10:40 AM »
Quote from: scottieman on Yesterday at 07:13:09 PM
I've been on Stribild since December, the only thing I have to say is that for me the upper abdomen bloating doesn't want to go away.  Has anyone else had the bloating not go away?

Oh wow, have you checked in with your doctor about it? My doc mentioned this and vomiting which got me quite nervous because I have no symptoms currently on Complera.

My new pharmacy is closed on the weekend so I have to stick it out on Complera until Monday.
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Am I Infected? / Re: Possible infection through ulcers and blood
« Last post by howdythere on Today at 12:46:21 AM »
Thanks for the answer. I appreciate it.
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Questions About Treatment & Side Effects / Re: Switching to Stribild for the convenience of a one a day
« Last post by buginme2 on Today at 12:16:30 AM »
Your current meds are Epzicom and Isentress.  Why are you on Epzicom and not Truvada?  Was it because of Kidney issues or resistance?  If there is a particular reason that you are not on Truvada then Stribild isn't for you because it contains Truvada.

Regarding Stribild and the kidney issue.   Yes it is an issue.  How big of an issue it is is still a question.  Because Stribild is so new there isn't a lot of data.  All we know Is that it does affect your kidneys because it causes certain kidney tests to be elevated.  Combine that with Truvadas effect on your kidneys and its a double whammy.  Some doctors are hesitant in prescribing it because there are still some unanswered questions (including mine). 

There are other one pill combos such as Complera and Atripla. 

There are also other combos that you just take once per day (although more than one pill). 
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Am I Infected? / Re: any risks?
« Last post by hopehope on Today at 12:11:14 AM »
Dear Jeff G, I have read this.  But still can't find information which can prove the comment. "Once outside the body, small changes in temperature, and pH and moisture levels all quickly damage the virus and render it unable to infect."

And I also have some doubt on this CDC informaitons. Can you explian to me. "no one has been infected with HIV due to contact with an environmental surface.
Neither HBV nor HIV are able to reproduce outside the human body, unlike bacteria or fungi which do so under suitable conditions. "

No one has been ifected with HIV due to contact with environmental surface. Is it including the blood in the environmental surface? even small amout blood outside human body only for about 1 minutes? In my case, there is small amout blood in the table, and I touch the same place, then one minutes later touch my blood draw needle wound. Is there any risk?

HIV aren't able to reproduce outside the body. But if the virus outside the body, and then going to another body. What happen?  Ann said the air, temputuer changes will damaged the virus very quikly. if this is true, I won't have any risk. But I can't find the material  indicate this.
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Am I Infected? / Re: Could I have contracted HIV? Please help me
« Last post by hopeandlove on Today at 12:08:24 AM »
Thank you very much jkinatl2. This immense weight has been lifted from my shoulders! Now I won't feel the need to lay in bed and binge on chocolates all day every day. I have a new lease on life and can really appreciate it now instead of constantly worrying about it.
You have no idea the happiness that your post has given me, as well as this forum. I truly appreciate your time,effort and consideration.
Bless all that help those affected/concerned about HIV and those who have it or know someone who does have it. This forum inspires me to reach out to the high concentration of HIV+ people in my community and spread love and awareness.
You guys really inspire me. Much love.
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Off Topic Forum / Re: How do you phone on the cheap?
« Last post by oksikoko on Yesterday at 11:49:01 PM »
That's what I feared.

Oh, well/ If Europeans can make Spotify and Soundcloud, they have to have some sort of Google over there...

Right?

:D

No, but seriously, there are a other free VOIP services, and if you're not as cheap as I am, there are probably even more low-cost ones. Google is just a good choice here because, well, it's Google and it integrates with all the other Skynet, er, I mean Google offerings. Skype is owned by Microsoft, so, well, you know... But maybe one of these services would work: http://alternativeto.net/software/google-voice/
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Am I Infected? / Re: any risks?
« Last post by Jeff G on Yesterday at 11:47:24 PM »
Survival of HIV in the Environment
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
July 29, 1999

Concerning the survival of HIV in the environment, two facts are:

HIV does not survive well outside the body.
HIV has to be grown in large amounts to be studied in laboratories.
Although HIV has been kept alive under certain laboratory conditions, medical authorities agree that the virus does not survive well in the environment. To put things into perspective, 1 milliliter (mL) of blood from a hepatitis B-infected person may contain more than 100 million infectious viral particles. In a dried state, hepatitis B virus, or HBV, may remain viable on surfaces for up to 1 week, and possibly longer. In contrast to the very high concentrations of HBV, the concentrations of HIV in the blood of infected persons are much lower. Estimates of the number of infectious viral particles range from a few hundred to approximately 10,000 per mL.

CDC laboratory studies have shown that drying HIV reduces the viral amounts by 90 to 99 percent within several hours. The concentrations of HIV used in some laboratory studies have produced results that have been used to alarm people unnecessarily. The results are not meaningful because:
the concentrations of HIV used were many times greater than that found in patient specimens;
the amounts of virus studied are not found in nature; and
no one has been infected with HIV due to contact with an environmental surface.
Neither HBV nor HIV are able to reproduce outside the human body, unlike bacteria or fungi which do so under suitable conditions. In laboratory studies of HIV and HBV, it was biologically necessary for these viruses to infect specific human or primate cells to complete their life cycles and thereby reproduce themselves.

If you have questions about HIV infection and AIDS, please call the CDC National AIDS Hotline at our toll free number, 1-800-CDC-INFO. If you wish to write to someone regarding this subject, please address your comments to us at:

CDC National Prevention Information Network
P.O. Box 6003, Rockville
Maryland, 20849-6003

Or send an e-mail message to hivmail@cdc.gov.
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Am I Infected? / Re: Could I have contracted HIV? Please help me
« Last post by jkinatl2 on Yesterday at 11:47:17 PM »
None of the situations you mentioned we're in any way a risk for HIV. HIV is not spread through contact with a stripper pole, nor does grazing against a penis (which is a form of frottage) constitute a risk.

Your only risks for HIV are through unprotected vaginal and/or anal sex, and sharing IV drug needles. 

You had absolutely no HIV risk whatsoever in the scenarios you described sand do not need to test over those specific events.

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Off Topic Forum / Re: How do you phone on the cheap?
« Last post by tednlou2 on Yesterday at 11:41:45 PM »
My app says Google Voice is only currently available in the U.S. 

Modified:

Does anyone know why we have to still pay for home phone service.  I got rid of my home phone from AT&T and went with Sunstream.  You got this tiny box that you connected to your router.  It was $10 a month.  They went out of business, due to being sued over the technology.  There is Vonage, which is fairly cheap.  I kept thinking how can I get my regular phones to work for free.  I remember back in the day using the dialer on my computer to call people for free, or to send faxes from my computer.  Of course, you had to be signed on to the computer, and that was in the dial up days, so you were just using your current phone line.  However, when I called long distance, I don't remember being charged for a long distance call.

I suppose the issue with getting free home service via VOIP, is that you have to have a phone number?  In order to get one of those, you have to pay some company? 
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Am I Infected? / Re: any risks?
« Last post by hopehope on Yesterday at 11:40:50 PM »
Hi, Jeff G. I have read the JK reply, and the link. But I  can't find the material refer to the following comment. If I can find it , I will move on without HIV concern. And also the material will help many persons here like me. Thank you very much.

."Hiv is a fragile, difficult to transmit virus that is primarily transmitted INSIDE the human body, as in unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse where the virus never leaves the confines of the two bodies.

Once outside the body, small changes in temperature, and pH and moisture levels all quickly damage the virus and render it unable to infect."
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