{"id":20461,"date":"2022-08-15T20:39:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T20:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=20461"},"modified":"2024-09-05T14:40:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:40:51","slug":"is-injectable-art-available-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/20461","title":{"rendered":"Is injectable ART available in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there<\/p>\n<p>Yes, injectable ART is now available in the UK. However, \u00a0it is still not being widely used because clinics are still adapting to be able to give injections instead of pills.<\/p>\n<p>When you register with your doctor in the UK, this can be one of the things you can discuss.<\/p>\n<p>This combination includes two injections: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/15361\">cabotegravir LA (vocabria) + rilpivirine LA (Rekambys)<\/a><\/strong>. In the US, the two combinations are\u00a0called Cabenuva.\u00a0The first injections are every month, and then every 2 months.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion should also include other simple suggestions to make it easier to remember your meds. For example, do you use a pill box so you can easily see whether or not you have taken your meds?<\/p>\n<p>Biktarvy is is such a small pill that most people find it easier to take. Also, once you are undetectable, missing an odd dose will not cause any problems.<\/p>\n<p>If your doctor thinks injections would be a good idea, then they should be available.<\/p>\n<p>BHIVA information about injectable ART.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhiva.org\/file\/6356671bcbecd\/LA-CAB-RPV-for-ART-NTS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bhiva.org\/file\/6356671bcbecd\/LA-CAB-RPV-for-ART-NTS.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, I will be moving to UK in next couple of weeks and I am currently on Biktarvy.<\/p>\n<p>I have been taking it since last year October and my CD4 count is around 500. I have undetectable viral load.\u00a0I also have normal BMI.<\/p>\n<p>My concern is about the non-adherence to the drug. I kept forgetting to take the med or even double dosed few times till now.<\/p>\n<p>Would I be able to get the injectables once I register with HIV clinic in UK?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,7,10,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access-to-treatment","category-adherence","category-all-topics","category-changing-treatment","category-injectable-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20461","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20461"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20987,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20461\/revisions\/20987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}