Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
April 26, 2024, 06:55:08 pm

Login with username, password and session length


Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 773294
  • Total Topics: 66348
  • Online Today: 718
  • Online Ever: 5484
  • (June 18, 2021, 11:15:29 pm)
Users Online
Users: 1
Guests: 662
Total: 663

Welcome


Welcome to the POZ Community Forums, a round-the-clock discussion area for people with HIV/AIDS, their friends/family/caregivers, and others concerned about HIV/AIDS.  Click on the links below to browse our various forums; scroll down for a glance at the most recent posts; or join in the conversation yourself by registering on the left side of this page.

Privacy Warning:  Please realize that these forums are open to all, and are fully searchable via Google and other search engines. If you are HIV positive and disclose this in our forums, then it is almost the same thing as telling the whole world (or at least the World Wide Web). If this concerns you, then do not use a username or avatar that are self-identifying in any way. We do not allow the deletion of anything you post in these forums, so think before you post.

  • The information shared in these forums, by moderators and members, is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between an individual and his/her own physician.

  • All members of these forums are, by default, not considered to be licensed medical providers. If otherwise, users must clearly define themselves as such.

  • Forums members must behave at all times with respect and honesty. Posting guidelines, including time-out and banning policies, have been established by the moderators of these forums. Click here for “Do I Have HIV?” posting guidelines. Click here for posting guidelines pertaining to all other POZ community forums.

  • We ask all forums members to provide references for health/medical/scientific information they provide, when it is not a personal experience being discussed. Please provide hyperlinks with full URLs or full citations of published works not available via the Internet. Additionally, all forums members must post information which are true and correct to their knowledge.

  • Product advertisement—including links; banners; editorial content; and clinical trial, study or survey participation—is strictly prohibited by forums members unless permission has been secured from POZ.

To change forums navigation language settings, click here (members only), Register now

Para cambiar sus preferencias de los foros en español, haz clic aquí (sólo miembros), Regístrate ahora

Finished Reading This? You can collapse this or any other box on this page by clicking the symbol in each box.

Author Topic: A bit of a spike in my VL  (Read 2039 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline hereinny

  • Member
  • Posts: 73
A bit of a spike in my VL
« on: January 08, 2012, 12:06:38 pm »
I hope i dont get yelled at for posting this twice but my first choice of where to post it may have been bad.
I have been on Atripla for 30 months.  Never missed a dose.  Worst case was when i was taking an antibiotic at the same time.  The pill looked similar in poor light and i took the antibiotic instead of the atripla.  Didnt realize it for about 13 hours.  That was about a year ago and didnt really seem to matter. I have been UD since about 2 months after starting atripla.
I have been thinking of switching to Truvada/intelence because the sustiva is wreaking havoc on my sleep.  My Dr said after 30 months of toughing it out, changing would be the sensible thing to do.  He said since i am staying in the same class with the intelence, it should all work just fine.
I went to get my blood work done before starting the new combo and my VL came in at 131.  So i guess this means i am not undetectable any more.  Not sure what to make of this and i have not been able to get in touch with my doctor. 
A quick history:  I was diagnosed with appendicitis and had my appendix removed 10 days prior to the blood work.  The was no elevated number in my blood counts so they said there was no active infection.  Just some inflammation on a cat-scan i had done that was looking for a hernia.  I also had a flue shot 3 weeks before the blood test and a nasty sinus chest cold just a few days before the blood test (yeah, i know,  im a mess.  lol).  I have also been pretty stressed lately.
Im not sure what to make of all this.  My CD4 is 555 which is about where it usually is,  actually a bit higher. From what I have read, it wasn't up until just 4 or 5 years ago that 500 copies/l was considered undetectable.
I will speak to my doctor hopefully by monday but in the mean time, does anyone have any insight on this? 
I have not started my new meds yet and dont plan to until I talk to my doctor.


Thanks in advance.

 


Terms of Membership for these forums
 

© 2024 Smart + Strong. All Rights Reserved.   terms of use and your privacy
Smart + Strong® is a registered trademark of CDM Publishing, LLC.