Five drug combo - Is anyone else using it?

[savorthemoments]

I started a new combination in January 07 that has been great for me so far and was wondering if anyone else is on it?

My combination is Fuzeon, Norvir, Emtriva, Prezista and Etravirine (TMC125)

I would enjoy hearing feedback!
Thanks,

Savor the moments!

[RAB]

Savor

I'm not on the exact same combo, but I am on a 5 drug combo.

Mine is:  Fuzeon, Kaletra, Invirase, Epivir, and Viread.

Like yours is for you, the above combo is working great for me (and has been since Dec. 03)! 

RAB

(Who will probably change the Fuzeon out when Merck's new inhibitor becomes available.)

Edit to add:  Maybe this should have been posted in the treatment forum?

[whizzer]

I too am on a 5 drug regimen, started Jan 06:

Fuzeon, Invirase, Norvir, Viread, and Emtriva.

It's working well so far.

[bimazek]

please give more details

are you on a 4th of 5th line treatment
did others fail
how long u been poz
how are side effects
what did you take before
when infect.
when start treat.

thus we can provide great info for future readers of this post
who may need help

[savorthemoments]

We need to stop using the term "Salvage Treatment".

I have been positive now for almost 19 years, on meds for almost 16.

My prior combo was a 4-Drug-Combo.....Kaletra, Epivir, Agenerase and Viread which was slowly failing....I was resistant to most current HIV drugs making new combo's for me not possible until TMC125 became available. I've been on it for 5 months and have had very little side effects for me mainly the Fuzeon (Injection site issues).
So far so good, one day at a time....

Savor the moments!
Scott
 

[bimazek]

wow you are brave
to have gone thru this for years
i am so glad things are going well

please post your general experience with combos and numbers and length of time they worked

and why (perhaps azt monotherapy in beginning or duo later on) why perhaps

there was resistance

and

how numbers went?

[Miss Philicia]

I'm on five:  fuzeon, prezista, norvir and truvada (which is actually viread and emtriva combined).

I've been on this for exactly one year, and currently have +973 cd4's, 42.3%, undetectable VL.

I've been on continual HIV meds for 14 years. 

[whizzer]

I was treatment naive when I started my five drug combo last year.