Question
Do ARVS affect your periods?
5 November 2018. Related: All topics.
Hello , I have been taking my HIV meds for around a month now , can this affect my period? My last period ( 1st day of period ) was on 22nd of September 2018 now its 4th November . I had 3 urine pregnancy tests but all negative . Can this be because of meds? I don’t get any symptoms of period nor feel any pregnancy symptoms ( only maybe paranoid my nipples are abit sore )
Please help I spoke to my docs but they said not to worry.
Answer
Thanks for getting in touch.
ARVs don’t affect a woman’s menstrual cycle. Therefore this is something that you may wish to discuss with a specialist if it continues.
Hi Lindy,
As Lisa says above, ARVs don’t affect a woman’s menstrual cycle. Therefore this is something that you may wish to discuss with a specialist if it continues.
Hi, I checked my status when I was in my period then my result were positive since I hv started my medication my period stop.
Hi Vero,
Please talk to your doctor about this.
As Lisa says above, ARVs don’t affect a woman’s menstrual cycle. Therefore this is something that you may wish to discuss with a specialist if it continues.
But please let us know how your HIV treatment is going. What meds are you taking, and do you have access to your blood test results?
I have been taking ARVs for three months now and i cant see my periods for two months is it normal?
Hi Sili,
As Lisa says above, ARVs don’t affect a woman’s menstrual cycle. Therefore this is something that you may wish to discuss with a specialist if it continues.
Hy since i stated to take my arvs my period does want to stop bfr i was ok i stated last of last month when i started my treatment it stop one day or two den after it flows what can i do
Hi Rahmat,
How is the HIV treatment going? Do you have access to your viral load and CD4 count results? Please let us know, and also tell us what ARVs you’re taking.
However, it’s important to talk to your doctor if you have these problems after surgery.
Please have been on ARV for a while now and I fibroid surgery two months ago but my period is still not flowing well it comes two days and very scanty too
Hi Ali,
Please discuss this issue with your doctor.
hello, i have been ARV and Cotrimoxazole since january 2018, can this effect to my thrombosis? since my platelets is only 75.000 (normal number is: 150.000-250.000). I worry about it..pls help me