Question
How long can I live on Atroiza?
18 June 2013. Related: All topics, Life expectancy.
I’m a girl aged 20 and I’m HIV positive. My CD4 is 174 and I’m taking atroiza.
I want to know how long can I live?
Answer
Hi,
Thanks for your email.
Having HIV can sometimes be difficult. But modern treatment is very effective. It means that you can have a near-normal life expectancy and a good quality of life.
Nobody can predict how long anyone will live. This depends on things you can change (smoking, exercise, medication) and thing you can’t (genetics and bad luck).
Do you have any support to deal with being HIV positive? If you are in South Africa you could contact the Treatment Action Campaign for information about treatment and support in your area.
The i-Base Introduction to combination therapy guide also has general information about treatment.
Atroiza is a generic version of Atripla.
Please me know if you have any questions or I can help further.
Hi Kedi
HIV treatment is free in the UK but not is all other EU countires.
It might be good to check this for the country that you plan to move to.
I’m 33 years old,I’ve been leaving with HIV from 2014, I’m planning to be moving to Europe and I heared that HIV treatment is not for free in Europe. Is that true?
Yes, quite possible. Please read the information at this link if you continue to have trouble:
http://www.hptn.org/research_studies/hptn085.asp
Hi just take atroiza 2 day ago can’t sleep and in morning feel very very tired, is that side effect?
Please talk to your doctor about any symptom.
This may or may not be related to your meds – your doctor needs to know about this.
iam a lady of 28 on hiv medication based in southafrica. Iam having serious problem of stomachache after i take my tribuss. It can last for a week then stops and takes a week then start. Its painful and iam getting thin during those days. I dont know what is the problem
Hi Cathrine
As long as you have access to HIV treatment – now called ART – life expectency should be similar to before you became positive.
Modern treatment is very good, but it also needs to be taken as it is prescribed.
Missing or being late with meds can cause treatment to fail, which is not so good.
Iam 43 years iam hiv positive. so my quetion is that ?how long can I live?
Hi,
i-Base is in the UK so i do not have specific information about where to buy Atroiza in South Africa.
The Treatment Action Campaign might be able to give you more relevant information:
http://www.tac.org.za/contact
Where can I obtain Atroiza besides the state clinics in South Africa