Question
How long does an HIV negative infant take the Ilvitrim syrup?
7 July 2016. Related: All topics, Children.
For how long can an infant take the ilvitrim suspension syrup when tested negative?
Answer
Hi
Please ask your doctor about this. The doctor will tell you why it is important and how long it need to be used for.
Usually it will be for at least 18 months. However, it also needs to be continued if breastfeeding is longer than this.
Ilvitrim syrup is a combination of two antibiotics. It protects your baby from different infections.
Hi Memory, how old is baby? Do you know what your CD4 count is?
Co-trimoxazole is used to prevent infections that can be passed on via breastmilk other than HIV. If you have a healthy CD4 count you will not be at risk of these additional infections and baby would not need to be on treatment to prevent this.
My doctor say’s I should stop giving cotrimoxazole to my baby because my viral load is low ,is that correct because I’m still breastfeeding
Hi Thato, congratulations on having a baby. After 10 the weeks the nurse is correct, there is no more benefit to continuing with treatment. It is safe for baby to stop nevirapine. While baby is still breastfeeding it is recommended that they are given novatrim until their status is confirmed after breastfeeding stops. Novatrim is used to prevent other infections.
Mixed feeding is not recommended until baby is at least 6 months. This is because switching between breastmilk and formula can increase the risk of transmission. Are you able to express while baby is not feeding to store milk?
I’m hiv positive and breastfeeding .Just done the pcr for 10 weeks and no results yet.At 7 days they gave me adco -zidovudine and continue with nevirapine.Dn at six weeks the nurse told me to continue with Nevirapine and also gave novatrim because my viral load was 65,so they think i am high risk.Now at 10 weeks the nurse told me the nevirapine its no longer useful bt there other one says i should continue with nvp and novatrim .So now i am confuse of what to do.
And can mixed feeding become a problem or not because i feel like my breast is no longer producing more milk.
Hi Sonto, no baby is not at high risk. Bindopin is another name for nevirapine. All babies are given this medication when born to HIV positive mothers. It is used to further reduce the risk of transmission. It is common for baby to be on this medication for the first 6 – 12 weeks of life.
Hi my child is six weeks now ,and I’m hiv positive I was breastfeeding her one week .then they give me a bindopin suspension ,is in a high risk of getting possitive