{"id":1846,"date":"2024-11-01T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moomango.co.uk\/guides\/?page_id=1846"},"modified":"2025-01-20T15:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T15:05:49","slug":"trans-people-and-hiv-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\/trans-people-and-hiv-treatment","title":{"rendered":"Trans\u00a0people\u00a0and\u00a0HIV\u00a0meds"},"content":{"rendered":"

HIV drugs are very safe and effective for transgender people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most modern HIV meds do not have any drug interactions with gender-affirming hormone therapy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, it is important to check for potential interactions and for your doctor to know about these.<\/p>\n

This is because some of the older HIV meds can interact with some hormones.<\/p>\n

These are mainly:<\/p>\n

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  1. HIV protease inhibitors (PIs) especially if boosted by ritonavir or cobicistat. This included darunavir, atazanavir and lopinavir.<\/li>\n
  2. Older NNRTIs (nevirapine, efavirenz and etravirine).<\/li>\n
  3. Lenacapavir can increase the levels of some androgen blockers (bicalutamide, cyproterone acetate and dutasteride).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Most of these HIV drugs are not widely used and none of them are recommended for first-line ART in the UK .<\/p>\n

    An excellent factsheet from the Liverpool University<\/a> lists all the potential interactions, between gender hormones and HIV meds. It also includes advice on any dose changes and monitoring if needed.<\/p>\n

    Useful links to clinics with trans services<\/h2>\n

    CliniQ, South London<\/strong><\/p>\n

    CliniQ<\/a> is a London-based specialist clinic providing sexual health and well-being services for trans people (not just HIV).\u00a0It is based at Kings College Hospital in South London.<\/p>\n

    56T clinic, Soho, London<\/strong><\/p>\n

    56T clinic<\/a> at Dean Street has a very busy PrEP service for trans and non-binary people.<\/p>\n

    Butterfly clinic, Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Butterfly<\/a> is our sexual health clinic for trans and non-binary folk.<\/p>\n

    Clinic T<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Clinic T<\/a> is a trans and non-binary friendly sexual health service in Brighton.<\/p>\n

    Indigo Gender Service<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Indigo Gender Service<\/a> is an NHS trans health care service in Manchester.<\/p>\n

    LGBT Edinburgh<\/a>, Scotland<\/p>\n

    A new transgender sexual health service<\/a> in Leith, Edinburgh<\/p>\n

    Trans and non-binary people and PrEP<\/strong><\/p>\n

    PrEP fror trans and non-binary people – i-base Guides<\/a><\/p>\n

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