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Author Topic: *********QUESTION**********  (Read 7876 times)

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Offline RICKY77531

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*********QUESTION**********
« on: October 10, 2007, 09:23:05 pm »
Doc told me about my cholesterol being very high, I really don't get it though because I am not overweight..maybe a few pounds ht5'8' ..168lbs, but I did eat fast foods and my exercise is at work..I work in a Refinery outdoors, so I am really active all day., Doc also said my meds and hiv were not causing this, since I am undetecable ,so now changed my diet and work out  4 times a week now, so hopefully my new numbers show good cholesterol , if not a lipitor or something to lower it will be issued ..also take that promise liquid stuff every morning...blah!!!! and vitamins...selenium...
06/2007   CD4 266  Vl 62000
06/2007   CD4 200  Vl 13495
07/2007   ATRIPLA
09/2007   CD4 323  VL Undetectable
11/2007   CD4 428  VL Undetectable
01/2008   CD4 357  VL Undetectable
04/2008   CD4 357  VL UNDETECTABLE
08/2008   CD4 402  VL UNDETECTABLE
11/2008   CD4 421  79 DETECTABLE..
2/2009     CD4 450  VL UNDETECTABLE

Offline thunter34

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2007, 09:30:50 pm »
Hmmm....I'm not quite sure where your doctor was coming from about your meds not causing the high cholesterol.  That would be one of the first culprits I would suspect.  Not so much the HIV, but the meds.  Been there.  Mine was well over 500.  I am on Kaletra and Combivir for HIV and Crestor for the cholesterol. 

Good News:  When I got started on Crestor, I suddenly began to sport wood in a major way.  That was a bonus, eh?

What exactly is the question you have about this, Ricky? 
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Offline pozattitude

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2007, 12:29:42 pm »
what meds are you on?
like thunter said some meds are the major cause of lipid changes.  I am on Kaletra as well and my cholesterol was way up just like thunter. 

Rich (note to self, ask doc about Crestor)  ;D
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Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2007, 12:48:23 pm »
thunter, we all know you chow down on José Olé mini tacos and General Tso on a daily basis.  Don't be blaming those lil' HIV pills.
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Offline RICKY77531

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2007, 09:38:11 pm »
oh...atripla.....but the question was is it diet related....you think?? 
06/2007   CD4 266  Vl 62000
06/2007   CD4 200  Vl 13495
07/2007   ATRIPLA
09/2007   CD4 323  VL Undetectable
11/2007   CD4 428  VL Undetectable
01/2008   CD4 357  VL Undetectable
04/2008   CD4 357  VL UNDETECTABLE
08/2008   CD4 402  VL UNDETECTABLE
11/2008   CD4 421  79 DETECTABLE..
2/2009     CD4 450  VL UNDETECTABLE

Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2007, 09:51:42 pm »
*********I LOVE THIS THREAD TITLE**********
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Offline anniebc

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2007, 09:52:11 pm »
Hi Rick

Found this in the drug section on Atripla.

***Anti-HIV drug regimens containing Sustiva, Viread, and Emtriva can cause increased fat levels (cholesterol and triglycerides) in the blood.***

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Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2007, 09:56:56 pm »
Ricky, clearly HIV meds CAN cause such things -- quite simply it's why they run blood tests for all of that in addition to cd4s and VL.  I am not sure why your doctor is insisting that this is not a possibility, though I will admit I'm not personally experienced with the regimen you are taking.
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Offline egello

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2007, 10:19:27 pm »
mine is bit high too, but my doctor said that its normal for people taking my combo. he told me to watch my diet and do 150 minutes of cardio per week.

he said that if my choles. level has stayed the same as before, he would suspect that i was not taking my meds.
1/29/07 14 T, 300 k V, 1.8 %
2/22/07 197 T, 247 V, 6.8 %
3/27/07 164 T, <50 V, 5.4 %
5/28/07 177 T, <50 V, 8.2 %
7/28/07 214 T, <50 V, 9.6 %
10/3/07 380 T, <50 V, 10 %

Offline inmontreal

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2007, 08:16:18 am »
one possibility could be the same mistake i made once..i didnt fast EXACTLY the way they wanted..and i think i might have had a few smokes RIGHT before the blood test..so for some reason my CL went sky high..but when i did it the second time and fasted the right way..my CL was normal..

Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2007, 10:42:06 am »
Indeed.  It's advisable to have your lab's taken on an empty stomach, as well as the same time of day.

If you have a Big Mac combo meal a few hours before your labs are taken you can literally see the difference in the test tubes.
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Offline Cerrid

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Re: *********QUESTION**********
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2007, 05:28:56 am »
When I started with my combo a year ago (Kaletra & Epzicom), triglycerides and cholesterol levels went up a lot, trigs peaking around 600 and chol around 300. My doc wasn't happy. I reduced my sugar intake (especially sweets and soft drinks) which is the major cause of high trigs. I also adjusted my diet accordingly (olive oil), began taking fish oil supplements (2 x 1000 mg/d) and started exercising (aerobic and anaerobic). As expected, my blood fat numbers precipitated continously and are still falling, trigs around 230 and chol 180 now.
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