Thank you for your question.<\/p>\n
No-one can force you to take treatment. However, if you do stop treatment having started it you will become very sick very quickly and you will die. If your doctor is worried that you are making this decision because you are ‘not of sound mind’ or if they feel you are putting others at risk of infection, particularly if you get resistance to treatment having stopped taking the meds, then there may be a chance they could try to intervene.<\/p>\n
Having said that, it is your choice to take treatment, or not to take it as the case may be. If you have valid reasons why you do not want to take it and you fully understand the consequences then your doctor cannot legally force you to take it.<\/p>\n
What is it about the treatment that makes you want to stop it? Are you experiencing any side effects? Are you finding it hard to adhere to taking the meds every day? If you would like any information on treatment side effects, alternative treatments which may have less side effects or tips on how to take your meds then please do contact us again and I can send you any information you need. Alternatively if you are having trouble with your meds you can call the free i-Base Treatment Information Phoneline Mon-Wed 12-4pm for confidential information and support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi thanks for all your answers to a great deal of my worries and concerns. I have a question for you:<\/p>\n
Do I have the right to refuse treatment and if so what if anything can be done to stop me or is there a legal requirement by my HIV doctor to report that I have stopped attending clinic and am no longer on treatment thanks <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,10,38,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adherence","category-all-topics","category-changing-treatment","category-side-effects","category-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}