Hi,<\/p>\n
I will reply to your questions following your numbering.<\/p>\n
1. The antibiotic Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) is used as a prevention of a pneumonia called PCP and is regularly used in people with a CD4 count below 200. Even though yours is 211, perhaps it makes sense to stay on it for a little longer until your immune system recovers better. Bactrim can slightly increase the levels of AZT and that to lead to increased side effects of the AZT. I understand from your question that you are on AZT and perhaps your doctor should take that into account.<\/p>\n
2. I cannot understand quite your question about the allergic reactions. This needs to be seen by an allergy expert. It cannot be done via internet. As for the treatment options, I am afraid, I cannot comment, as I do not know what are the treatment options in your country, as well as what you are taking either (apart from AZT)<\/p>\n
3. Your results are nothing to worry about. There are some labs with broader reference ranges than the one where you have your monitoring. Generally, the erythrocytes are 4-6 millions\/mm3. Then there are means of intervening if they go really low, but nothing to worry about, so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi<\/p>\n
This my second time to post. My questions are:<\/p>\n
1. I have been taking Bactrim as a prophylaxis since my CD4 count was 61. Now my CD4 is 211. Can I stop taking the Bactrim?<\/p>\n
2. I am having mild to moderate allergic ‘hives’ like on my back, foot and arms. Taking the availability of different treatments in my country, I have decided to tolerate the side effects and continue taking the treatment. Is my decision correct?<\/p>\n
3 My red blood cells count is 4.1 x106, below the standard range 4.7 – 5.49 x106, but my haemoglobin is 15.1 which is within the standard range. I think the decrease in my red blood count is the AZT. However I have decided to continue the treatment so long as my haemoglobin is within the standard range. Is my decision correct?<\/p>\n
Hoping to get answers for all my questions.<\/p>\n
Thank you again for your help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-drug-interactions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615","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=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}