{"id":17807,"date":"2021-11-21T15:43:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=17807"},"modified":"2021-11-21T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:45:34","slug":"does-my-hiv-medicine-cause-kidney-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/17807","title":{"rendered":"Does my HIV medicine cause kidney problems?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>You are right, increased levels of creatinine and urea in the blood is a sign of kidney damage. What HIV medication is he on? Some ART has been linked to kidney damage but there are a number of other causes that would need to be ruled out. Here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/kidney-toxicity\">link<\/a> that highlights which ARTs are linked to kidney damage.<\/p>\n<p>As for your own risk, if your partner is still taking his medication and remains undetectable there is no risk to you. If it is determined that the kidney damage is a result of his medication he will likely need to change his ART. This should have no effect on him being undetectable.<\/p>\n<p>Any further questions please do get in touch,<\/p>\n<p>Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My boyfriend has been HIV positive for the last 5 years and is on ART, he is undetectable. He is 33, works out, and lives a healthy life style. Last week he had a blood test and his creatinine and urea levels were high which I think shows a kidney problem? Is this a sign that his HIV medicine is not good for him anymore? Does he need to change them? Also, am I in danger as well? I am HIV negative and we are practicing unprotected sex. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,36,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-changing-treatment","category-sero-different-couples","category-side-effects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17807","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}