{"id":17249,"date":"2021-06-13T15:47:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T15:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=17249"},"modified":"2021-06-13T15:47:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T15:47:05","slug":"do-you-need-to-take-bactrim-if-your-cd4-is-450","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/17249","title":{"rendered":"Do you need to take Bactrim if your CD4 is 450?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>Bactrim is recommended for people who have a CD4 of less than 350, that is if they live in, for example Sub Saharan Africa. Or 200 if you live in, for example the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Bactrim is given as a precaution for possible opportunistic infections.<\/p>\n<p>Your CD4 is good, therefore unless your doctor thinks you need to continue to take it, there&#8217;s no real reason why you should still be using it. Your CD4 is about 350 and your viral load is undetectable, HIV wise you&#8217;re doing great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been taking Bactrim for over 18 months. When I first started taking ARVs and Bactrim my CD4 was 231, it&#8217;s now 450. Do I still need to take it? My viral load is undetectable, so my HIV is under control. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-changing-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17249","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=17249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}