 All right, what's up, Pam? So I really want to take a little bit of time to kind of go over some of the details of BictarV, and then also rehash Genvoia, which is the medication that I took before, BictarV for, I think, a couple of years, and just do a little comparison of the two and how my experience is thus far. BictarV is one of the newest HIV medications on the market. It's great because it's a single pill once a day medication, so the convenience factor is really great there. So BictarV is comprised of three ingredients, and I'm going to do my best to pronounce them correctly right now, but we've got Bictegravir, M-Tricidabine, and Tanofavir, Alephenamide. Those are the three ingredients in BictarV. So first impressions. It is a very small pill, very easy to take. Again, it's once a day, so that's super easy, super convenient. And yeah, when my doctor mentioned it, I was like, why not? It was an easy sell and it just made sense to me. So now let's go ahead and compare BictarV with Genvoia. That's the bottle right there. So unlike BictarV, Genvoia is comprised of four drugs, and those are L-Vitegravir, Copicostat, M-Tricidabine, and Tanofavir, Alephenamide. So it looks like the difference is they both have M-Tricidabine and Tanofavir, Alephenamide. But while BictarV only has the Bictegravir, hence probably where the name BictarV comes from, Genvoia has Copicostat and L-Vitegravir. So as my doctor explained, BictarV is a little bit cleaner of a medication because it only has the three drugs instead of four. All right. So first off, I want to say that I was on Genvoia for about a couple years or so. And I have to say that I was extremely happy. I was extremely pleased with the way that Genvoia worked out for me. I had zero noticeable side effects and again, one pill a day, super easy. I had zero complaints with Genvoia. So a lot of people say, well, if you had zero complaints, if it worked perfectly for you, then why did you switch over from Genvoia to BictarV? Well, again, BictarV is a little bit cleaner because of the three drug components instead of the four. Also, it's a smaller pill, which is great. And over the long course, there should be less toxicity in BictarV than there is in Genvoia. Okay. So let me go ahead and go over the side effects that are listed for both of these drugs on AIDSinfo.nih.gov. Starting with Genvoia. There's a warning about lactic acidosis, which is a buildup of lactic acid in the blood, which can be a danger. Liver problems and new or worse kidney problems slash kidney failure. Then going over to BictarV, there they also have lactic acidosis as a problem and severe liver problems. However, to be noted is that there is no mention of kidney problems or kidney failure. So that seems to be the obvious benefit to having BictarV instead of Genvoia is that you are not risking that key symptom. Also, and I think this is very important to note for a lot of people who are just starting medication to not freak out because there is a condition called iris that can occur when you start taking ARVs. It is not a symptom of the medication. It's simply a response of the immune system coming back to its healthy state. So iris is immune reconstitution syndrome. And basically what happens is when your immune system has been compromised by HIV, it's not able to combat illness, infection, bacteria that's attacking the body the way it's supposed to. Now, once you start taking ARVs and your immune system starts to become healthy again, it can start being able to attack these things. But the way you and I are going to experience this as a human being is feeling symptoms of being sick or other complications that are going to make us feel like it's a symptom of the medication, but it's actually, in fact, the immune system coming back online and starting to fight these things that are in our body that it just didn't have the strength to do before. So I want to make sure that a lot of you who are starting to take medication and freaking out about side effects, keep in mind that it could also be iris and it could be just your immune system kind of healing itself and starting to attack these things that are in your body that shouldn't be there in the first place because of the HIV. So I began taking Victoria on January 1st of this year and have been taking it daily since and I have to say since then I have experienced, you guessed it, zero side effects. It's super easy. It's one pill. It's small. It's smaller than Genvoy and Genvoy was easy. I take more supplements, way more supplements that I do medication every single day. So it's literally the tiniest blip on the radar and I've had zero problems with it. You can take it with or without food, which is amazing any time of the day. So whenever it's convenient for you and aside from that, like there's really not much else to say, it's great. Here, I'll show you. So there is the Big Tar V pill. That's what it looks like. And then here is the Genvoy green. Cool. Now side by side, let's check this out. You can see quite a significant difference in size. Granted at the end of the day, it's not that impactful overall, but since we're going over the details, it's important to note that something like that, like the size of the pill being that much smaller than Genvoy. So if you have access to Big Tar V, talk to your doctor about it. If you have that access, then I recommend it. It's a great medication. It's worked wonders for me. If you don't have access to Big Tar V, but you have access to Genvoy, just as great in my book, I haven't had any problems with that. All my lab results have come back great. I never had any liver issues, never had any kidney issues, no symptoms whatsoever. All my labs are perfect spot on. Same thing goes for Big Tar V. July, I have my appointment with my doctor. That'll be the first time that I'm getting labs done after having taken Big Tar V for six months. So I'll go ahead and do a follow up on Big Tar V then and then be able to tell you conclusively, at least in a six month period, how it has been with my body, not just symptoms, but how it's actually affected my blood panel and all that stuff. Stay tuned, guys. I hope this was helpful. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comments below. I'll do my best to answer them and let me know what your experiences are to if you're taking Genvoy or Big Tar V or if there's another medication that you know about that I'm not aware about that you highly recommend. I'm sure the community would benefit from all of that information. Like this video if you liked it. Subscribe if you haven't already. Hit that bell so you don't miss any of these videos and I'll see you guys soon. Peace.