{"id":16657,"date":"2021-01-09T11:49:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T11:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=16657"},"modified":"2021-01-09T11:49:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T11:49:22","slug":"will-i-have-side-effects-when-i-start-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/16657","title":{"rendered":"Will I have side effects when I start medication?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s very common to feel scared and anxious when starting ARVs. And though you may get some side effects, these are usually mild and only last a few weeks. Please see here: <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ARVs are important as they help control your HIV, without them your HIV won&#8217;t be under control.<\/p>\n<p>If your CD4 is below 350 it&#8217;s important that you start medication ASAP. However, the recommendations are that even if your CD4 is above this, you should be on ARVs.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still worried, talking to others who are positive might help. Depending on where it is that you live, there should be a HIV support group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am living with untreated hiv for past 1 year. I am scared to go to the doctor. Will ART worsen how things are for me right now? I have heard about side effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16657","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=16657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}