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Other i-Base Guides
Other important aspects of HIV treatment and care are described in detail in other i-Base guides, including:
- Introduction to Combination Therapy
- Guide to Changing Treatment
- Avoiding and Managing Side Effects
- Hepatitis C for people living with HIV
These free booklets provide additional information on the basics of using and getting the best out of your treatment. They also further explain words and phrases introduced here that may be unfamiliar or confusing, including CD4, viral load and resistance.
We hope that you will use all of these booklets together when you need them. Your clinic may have copies of any or all of them. You can also order them online for free.
Please also note that this guide focuses on HIV and pregnancy. We have written it for women who planned to be pregnant or are happy to be so. We have another guide in the pipeline focusing on contraception, termination of pregnancy and other aspects of HIV positive women’s health.
There is also a lot of information out there on all aspects of good health in pregnancy such as not smoking, eating well and avoiding alcohol.
Please talk to your health care team if you need additional support and information.
Information phoneline and email
i-Base provides a specialised free telephone information support service at the following telephone number:
0808 800 6013
If you want to talk to someone about HIV treatment and pregnancy, please give us a call and we will try to help.
The service is available from 12-4 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
We also offer an information service by email from:
Drugs information
Full prescribing information on individual HIV drugs and other scientific documents are available in most European languages from the European Medicines Agency (EMA):
The following community sites include information on new drugs, and include updated reports from HIV conferences.