{"id":19372,"date":"2022-04-04T08:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T08:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=19372"},"modified":"2022-04-04T08:03:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T08:03:55","slug":"i-have-been-losing-weight-while-on-arvs-is-there-anything-i-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/19372","title":{"rendered":"I have been losing weight while on ARVs, is there anything I can do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Hi Sheila, I am sorry to hear how depressed you are feeling. Have you been able to speak with anyone about this?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/p><p>Have you been taking ARVs since you were diagnosed 12 years ago? and what combination are you taking? Some combinations of HIV medications have greater impacts on weight that others<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/p><p>Where have you lost weight from? Regaining weight can be difficult and unfortunately\u00a0can take a while &#8211; just like it takes a while to lose the weight.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are no medications to replace this lost weight, however that does not mean there are not things you can try.<\/p>\n\n<p>Losing weight in the legs and arms, people can find success in building muscle where they have lost fat. If it is a generalised loss of weight have you increased how much food you are eating?<\/p>\n\n<p>There are a number of factors that affect your weight, not all related to HIV. If you are stressed, very active, eating a little and even genetics can all influence your weight. If you are looking to increase how much food you are eating I have attached a guide to the <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/lifestyle-and-quality-of-life\">i-base healthy lifestyle guide.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>More specific sites of weight loss, namely the face can be read about <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/fat-loss-lipoatrophy\">here<\/a>. While there are no medications, injections are available to recover lost definition in the face if this would be suitable for you.<\/p>\n\n<p>Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi I&#8217;m Sheila, I&#8217;ve been on ARVs for 12 years now but I am truly depressed of the the way I&#8217;m losing body fat. I don&#8217;t want to look at myself in the mirror. Is there any other medicine I can use just to help me gain weight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,26,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-living-with-hiv-long-term","category-side-effects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372","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=19372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}