{"id":12444,"date":"2016-11-16T21:51:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T21:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=12444"},"modified":"2016-12-15T19:59:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T19:59:19","slug":"ive-a-cd4-of-197-im-having-side-effects-can-i-stop-taking-my-meds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/12444","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve a CD4 of 197, I&#8217;m having side effects, can I stop taking my meds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>Headaches are a common side effect when taking efavirenz. The effects usually go within a few weeks. Panado should help these. If the headaches continue then you will need to talk to your doctor. Please the following for side effects:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/cns-side-effects\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/cns-side-effects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As your CD4 is low, you mustn&#8217;t interrupt your treatment. If you stop taking meds, this will cause your CD4 to drop. You may also be effected by opportunistic infections.\u00a0In some countries co-trimoxazole (often called Setrin or Bactrim) is given as a prophylaxis to be taken daily to prevent pneumonia and other infections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i have been taking the medication for a month now and i have this terrible  headache and i throw up since i started taking the medication.my cd4 was 197 and i had no complications so what might happen if i stop taking the medication because i went to the clinic and they gave me panado and says it is side effects but i cant stand this terrible headache.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adherence","category-all-topics","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}