{"id":107,"date":"2024-09-01T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/new\/guides\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:06:26","slug":"what-about-side-effects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\/what-about-side-effects","title":{"rendered":"What about side effects?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Modern ART has a low risk of serious side effects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any side effects are usually mild and improve within a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>But if side effects continue, please talk to your doctor. Sometimes it is easy to try a different treatment.<\/p>\n<p>More information on side effects is included later in this guide.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/guides\/starting\/side-effects\">What is the risk of side effects?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\".\/starting\/weight-increases\">Weight increases on ART<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\".\/starting\/metabolic-changes\">Metabolic changes and other body changes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\".\/starting\/other-side-effects\">Other side effects and health issues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<blockquote><p><strong>Over many years I have changed treatment several times. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This has always been because of a side effect or because newer drugs were either easier to take or more effective. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Every time, this ended up being better for my health \u2013 even though I am always nervous when changing meds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014<strong> Mike, London<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15878\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tabs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tabs.png 514w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tabs-300x80.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern ART has a low risk of serious side effects. Any side effects are usually mild and improve within a few weeks. But if side effects continue, please talk to your doctor. Sometimes it is easy to try a different &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1547,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18958,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/18958"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}