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 Gcina. How re you doing. It is difficult if to manage HIV is no-one else knows. Do you have support from a few family or friends who you can talk to?
Being on HIV antiretroviral treatment (ART) makes it very difficult to transmit HIV even without condoms. You are the person who is positive and so it is your choice who to tell. Being on treatment will also protect your partners, and you also use a condom every time, so you don’t need to tell them if you don’t want to. See this article on the PARTNER study.
http://i-base.info/qa-on-the-partner-study
However, I don’t know what M171 means but this website suggests it is Nadolol which is used to treat angina (chest pain) or hypertension (high blood pressure).
https://www.drugs.com/imprints.php?imprint=m+171
Please check with your doctor, or look at the medication box or jar and see what the names or the active drugs are.
hi, im hiv positive, i know about it since January then i start ARV on February, my worries is i never tell anyone tht i have HIV but i take well my M171 pills every night nd i use condom everytime. so my question is that there’s a problem by not telling anyone about this nd keep it to myself?
Hi Nkosilathi, great that you had such a good response to treatment and that things are going well with your partner. The accident in bed is something that can happen to anyone at anytime of life. This is more likely to be a one-time event but mention it to your doctor if you are worried or if it happens again. I don’t know what caused this but it is unlikely to be HIV or the meds.
I’m HIV positive. After a month of taking tribuss my cd4 count shot up fro 12 to 330. My doctor then gave me atroiza. Then we have using a condom with my partner who is also on HIV until on one occasion. What worries me is that last night I wet my bed. Fortunate enough my patner was away. First time ever since I was a kid. What may be the cause. I’m almost 35 years of age.
Hi Obedience, it is good that you started treatment as this will increase you CD4 count. Itching and rash can be side effects of efavirenz which is one of the drugs in Atroiza. Usually this get better after the first few weeks. If you start to get a rash that is not related to the itching – it not from direct scratching – please contact your doctor so that someone can examine this. More information about efavirenz see these links.
Rash:
http://i-base.info/guides/side/skin-rash
Other side effects:
http://i-base.info/guides/side/cns-side-effects
hi im 26 years old man and I found that my cd 4count is 320 and I was advised to start taking the medication so I would like to know if the atroiza that im taking can cause intching rash and dry skin and these effects will dissapear after some time?
Hi Nicolus. This is something you need to talk to your partner about. Medical treatment is personal and private. Your partner might or might not want to discuss this or might want to do this in their own time.
Hi, my partner has been taking Atroiza without me knowing. So I don’t actually what they are for.Could you please explain to me.
Hi Phendukile
If you are also HIV positive, then there is little risk from not using a condom, other than pregnancy or STIs. If you boyfriend is not taking his meds ro has a detectable viral load, then there is a risk of reinfections with drug resistant HIV.
If you are negative andbyour partner is on treatment with undetectable viral load then the risk of HIV transmission is very low.
http://i-base.info/qa-on-the-partner-study
If your partner is not on HIV treatment then using a condom or PrEP will stop HIV transmission.
Answers to questions on transmission and testing are already online at the FAQ page.
http://i-base.info/qa/factsheets/hiv-transmission-and-testing
or in this guide:
http://i-base.info/guides/testing
If you are not happy with him not using a condom, then perhaps stop having sex with him.
My boyfriend is HIV positive and he is stubborn. Sometimes he does not want a condom. He ejaculates outside.