I can understand that you are feeling unwell due to the side effects of the drugs that you are taking.\u00a0 When someone just started their treatment, they will notice the side effects. \u00a0It can take a while to settle down and it will become easier over the next few weeks and months.<\/p>\n
If your side effects are bad and you cannot tolerate it, you can always change your medication. \u00a0Do inform your doctor regarding your bad side effects.<\/p>\n
Lamzid is also known are Combivir, here in the UK. \u00a0It contains both AZT and 3TC in one pill.<\/p>\n
Please take a look on side effects<\/a> web page also Efavirenz<\/a> and Combivir<\/a> (Lamzid) :-<\/p>\n <\/a>Your doctor told you to take the medication because your CD4 is below 350. \u00a0His advise is very good. \u00a0Here in the UK, if someone CD4 drops below 350, then the UK Guidelines recommends starting treatment.<\/p>\n Please also take a look at this web page<\/a> for more information on combination therapy, please take your time to read them and if you don’t understand, please do write back :- Having HIV is never easy but it is important for you to know that with today’s drugs, HIV is a treatable and manageable infection. \u00a0HIV treatment can give you a near normal life expectancy and a good quality of life. \u00a0If you take your medication correctly and consistently you should not experience HIV-related illnesses in the future. \u00a0There are many people who have HIV and live for more than 15 years. \u00a0A study in Denmark (2005) has estimated that the survival is more than 35 years for a young person diagnosed with HIV infection and another study in Canada (2003) has shown that in the US, life expectancy at age 20 years was 58.3 years.<\/p>\n Do try and find a local support group in your area, because they can help you to come to terms with your new status and also give you extra support which you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The medication that was prescibed to me are Aspen Lamzid, Aspen Efavirenz and betavit. The previous test were prick test.<\/p>\n I did not have any suport group and i didnt tell anyone yet, becauses it was just last month when I started the treatment. My last CD4 count was 323 but I’m waiting for another test to be done.<\/p>\n But to be honest with you, this medicine are breaking me into pieces, I cannot sleep not becauses of stress or anything, but the medication kept me awake and even if i try to sleep, i just can’t. Am I having side effect? Sometimes I have breathing difficulties, and my stomach feels hard whenever I touch it. I am in a very difficult situation and what keeping me going is the fact that I know that I was not at risk.<\/p>\n I took another elisa test and the doctor told me that am positive. He told me to start treatment immediately. He says that the drugs will keep me alive for 15 years. I ask him about counselling but he didnt sent me to one. I am currently waiting for the ELISA result, but since I started my treatment, my life has change completely with terrible side effect, weird dreams. I am strong and hopefuly i will get a right answer from the test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,26,28,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-expectancy","category-living-with-hiv-long-term","category-newly-diagnosed","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5285","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nI cannot make any further comments regarding your health until you receive your test results alongside with your CD4 count and viral load. \u00a0Please do let me know when you receive them.<\/p>\n