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What are the complications of pregnancy and medication?
6 April 2006. Related: All topics, Pregnancy, Starting treatment.
Answer
Pregnancy involves some aspects of treatment that are different. Some drugs are not recommended (efavirenz) and others may be particularly good (AZT). In general, whatever combination a woman uses, it has to be tolerable (few side effects) and get her viral load to undetectable levels before the baby is born. This reduces the risk of the baby becoming HIV-positive to almost zero. i-Base produce a free guide that answers many questions relating to all aspects of pregnancy and an HIV-positive woman
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