{"id":25685,"date":"2024-12-18T15:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T15:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=25685"},"modified":"2025-01-12T19:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T19:32:21","slug":"i-take-my-meds-on-time-but-my-viral-load-is-not-suppressed-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/25685","title":{"rendered":"I take my meds on time but my viral load is not suppressed anymore?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your email &#8211; and I am sorry that your viral load is now detectable.<\/p>\n<p>Please could you say how high it was on the last test?<\/p>\n<p>Also, what are your current HIV meds called?<\/p>\n<p>Your options will depend on how high your viral load is now. Also on the history of HIV meds that you use now and in the past.<\/p>\n<p>What has your doctor said about this and have they discussed changing treatment?<\/p>\n<p>Please email or comment with more information so I can provide more detailed info.<\/p>\n<p>This online guide includes more information about why viral load can rebound and when is the best time to change treatment.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/changing\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/changing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>South Africa uses WHO and South African guidelines based on having a viral load above 1000 copies\/mL.<\/p>\n<p>f your viral load is higher than 1000 your doctor should talk about changing treatment.<\/p>\n<p>If it is still lower than 1000, your doctor should look at reasons why it is not undetectable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My viral load doesn&#8217;t suppress anymore and I&#8217;ve been on treatment for years now and I&#8217;m taking my meds everyday and on time. I live in south Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,10,49,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-changing-treatment","category-south-africa","category-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25685","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=25685"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25753,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25685\/revisions\/25753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}