HIV, AIDS, and ARVs: Take Your Antiretrovirals as Prescribed!

Becky Kuhn, M.D., explains why it's so important for HIV positive people who are on antiretroviral medications (ARVs) to take their medications at the prescribed dosages on the prescribed schedules. This will reduce the risk of developing a strain of HIV that is resistant to the ARV medication. This video is freely downloadable from http://www.archive.org/details/aidsvideos_adherence . Visit http://www.GlobalLifeworks.org and http://AIDSvideos.org to learn more. Disabled accessibility: The transcript for this and many other AIDSvideos.org videos can be downloaded from http://aidsvideos.org/translate.shtml .[Do you want to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS? Are you fluent in a language other than English? Then volunteer to translate our videos into other languages! Click http://AIDSvideos.org/translate.shtml to to learn how you can help!!! © Copyright 2007-2011 Global Lifeworks. All rights reserved. This work is licensed to be used for non-commercial purposes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.]

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• hiv
• aids
• antiretroviral
• medication
• ARV
• resistance
• prevention
• education

[ArvGnarlington]

why is arv in the title arv isnt linked to aids

[AIDSvideos]

@ArvGnarlington: So that people looking for information on ARVs will find the video, and because ARVs are the treatment for HIV/AIDS.

[wp2388]

I have a question, what does an hiv rash look like? can it be one dot on ur arm and one dot on ur stomach each the size of a pimple but not? do they have puss? do they spread when you scratch them? please answer me

[AIDSvideos]

This is Eric; I'm not a doctor. Google "National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention" and call them to speak to a counselor, or make an appointment and ask your doctor.

[Raksaht]

What if you only miss one day one time? Will that give the virus an opportunity to mutate?

Thanks for this wonderful series on HIV/AIDS. The information/facts need to be made as public as possible.

[AIDSvideos]

This is Eric; I'm not a doctor. "Missing even a few doses of antiretroviral medications can lead to drug resistant strains of HIV." [Kalichman & Rompa, "HIV treatment adherence and unprotected sex practices in people receiving antiretroviral therapy," Sex Transm Inf 2003;79;59-61, citing Sande MA, Volberding PA. The medical management of AIDS. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2000.] Try your very best to take your medication exactly as prescribed.

[touflives]

@ArvGnarlington arv - anti retroviral meds



[realrell36]

rip mom

[pooh2b]

a doctor explained to me that once you have aids a t cell count of 200 or below and then the t cells go back up even to an undetectable level you still have aids because your system was taken to that low of a level

[neekolas11]

so you go from hiv+ to aids if your t cell count falls below 200. if your t count goes back up do you go from aids back to hiv+?

[Raksaht]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the info. I'm guessing that missing one day (for whatever reason) wouldn't be too bad, but a few days in a row might have disasterous consequences.