{"id":2268,"date":"2023-03-01T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moomango.co.uk\/guides\/?page_id=2268"},"modified":"2025-01-20T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:59:13","slug":"further-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/further-information","title":{"rendered":"Further information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BMA guide is a general reference book (not just HIV-related) including illustrated information on how drugs work and on many individual drugs:<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Guide to Medicines and Drugs<\/strong>.<br \/>\nProduced by the British Medical Association, 11th edition, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the most easily readable and up-to-date information on side effects and HIV is available on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>The following links were correct when we went to press. If you have trouble finding an article or link call the i-Base phoneline on 0800 800 6013 and we\u2019ll try to help.<\/p>\n<h2>Treatment guidelines<\/h2>\n<p>Treatment guidelines have good information on managing side effects.<\/p>\n<p>British HIV Association (UK)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhiva.org\">bhiva.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>European AIDS Clinical Society (Europe)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eacsociety.org\">eacsociety.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AIDSinfo (US)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aidsinfo.nih.gov\">aidsinfo.nih.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Community resources<\/h2>\n<p>The Canadian community organisation CATIE has a comprehensive guide to side effects that might cover other areas and options<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catie.ca\/sideeffects_e.nsf\">catie.ca\/sideeffects_e.nsf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many conferences publish studies on the internet and some also let you hear lectures and see slides from some sessions. Important sites for 2011 meetings include:<\/p>\n<p>Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.retroconference.org\">retroconference.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>International AIDS Society Conferences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ias.se\">ias.se<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reports from these and other meetings are usually available shortly after the meetings on the following sites:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.i-Base.info\">i-Base.info<\/a> (this site)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natap.org\">natap.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebody.com\">thebody.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A community site with a range of information on fat loss. As well as facial fat loss this is one of the few sites that includes an overview of fat loss from the buttocks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facialwasting.org\">www.facialwasting.org<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Websites on HIV and HCV drug interactions<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.HIV-druginteractions.org\">HIV-druginteractions.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.HCV-druginteractions.org\">HCV-druginteractions.org<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Online calculators<\/h2>\n<p><em>For risk of heart disease and kidney function<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Different calculators use different data sets. None is 100% accurate or validated for HIV.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cvrisk.mvm.ed.ac.uk\/calculator\/bnf.htm\">cvrisk.mvm.ed.ac.uk\/calculator\/bnf.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A calculator that includes race might help Black\/non-white people:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epi.bris.ac.uk\/CVDethrisk\/CHD_CVD_form.html\">epi.bris.ac.uk\/CVDethrisk\/CHD_CVD_form.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A research site with heart risk (including a 5-year calculator from the D:A:D study developed for use in HIV-positive people) and kidney function (estimated GFR) calculators is at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cphiv.dk\/TOOLS.aspx\">cphiv.dk\/TOOLS.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>For BMI, smoking etc<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A range of NHS calculators include BMI (for weight) and financial savings (from stopping smoking):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk\/magazine\/interactive\">nhsdirect.nhs.uk\/magazine\/interactive<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>HIV and ageing<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fifty over 50: a collection of individual reflections on growing older with HIV<br \/>\n<\/strong>This community publication from 2022 includes the experiences of fifty people living with HIV in the UK.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hivworkingtogether.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/05\/Fifty-Over-50-E-Book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hivworkingtogether.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/05\/Fifty-Over-50-E-Book.pdf<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming of Age<br \/>\n<\/strong>This community guide includes a comprehensive review of medical management of people living with HIV as we grow older. It is available in English and ten translations.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/justri.org\/coming-of-age\" rel=\"noopener\">justri.org\/coming-of-age<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BMA guide is a general reference book (not just HIV-related) including illustrated information on how drugs work and on many individual drugs: New Guide to Medicines and Drugs. Produced by the British Medical Association, 11th edition, 2021. 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