Question
Can you drink alcohol
13 June 2019. Related: All topics.
I’ve been taking ARVS for three years. Is it Ok to drink alcohol?
Answer
Thanks for getting in touch.
Yes it’s OK to drink alcohol when you’re taking ARVs. The alcohol won’t have any affect on your HIV, nor medication. The important thing is to ensure that your drinking doesn’t interfere with you taking your medication.
Hi Zuzu,
I’m sorry but we are not doctors at i-Base. It’s important to go to see a doctor if you have a pain next to your heart.
Are you HIV positive? Please let us know.
Good Evening
i have a pain next to my heart, i went to see Dr on Saturday 13th July, but i did not get why I’m having this pain
Hi Roy
thanks a lot for the communication, will talk to my Dr,
Hi Zuzu,
Thanks. Yes, talking to your doctor about your treatment can help with stress too. But you are not alone in stressing too much, lots of us do it.
Good luck talking to your doctor to make sure you get the best treatment.
Hi Roy
I really appreciate to communicate with you guys, i Will definitely talk to My Dr about the drop on my cd4 count instead of going up, He asked if do i stressed too much? sometimes I do stress as my daily job does need my full attention
Hi Zuzu,
Thanks for this.
What does your doctor say about your results? It’s great that your viral load has gone down to 1140. But it would be good to see your CD4 count get stronger rather than go down.
However, it’s good to hear that you’re taking treatment to help protect against TB.
Once your viral load gets to under 50 copies/mL you’ll be undetectable. This will give your immune system the chance to recover and your CD4 count should go up.
Please talk to the doctor about your results. You can ask if Atroiza is working as well as it should.
Hi Lisa
thanks for returning my question, i dont experience any side effects on Atroiza, im just asking since its really change my lifestyle a little bit, such as driving at night for long hours, i was diagnosed with Hiv 15 Jan 2019 and started Art Feb 2019 My viral load was 134000 then and cd4 count was 337, good news is on the end May viral load 1140 and cd4 count dropped to 278 , i was also given medication for preventing opportunist disease such as TB, all in all im happy for the Art im using
Hi Zuzu,
Are you having issues with Atrozia? If you are this is something that you need to talk to your doctor about. Depending on where you live there could be alternative treatments.
Can i change from Atroiza to something else