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I’m very sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis. Finding out you are HIV positive is never easy but finding out in pregnancy can be especially hard. Do you have any support to help you deal with this?<\/p>\n
Atroiza is a generic version of\u00a0Atripla<\/a>.<\/p>\n Atroiza contains a drug called efavirenz<\/a> which has side effects that include sleep disturbance, mood changes and headaches. Usually these will improve over the first few weeks of treatment. However, some people \u00a0change to a different drug because of these side effects.<\/p>\n It’s important to understand that these are related to your treatment, and to discuss them with your clinic if you are finding them difficult or they don’t improve. This link has\u00a0more about these side effects.<\/a><\/p>\n You are right that we don’t have a cure for HIV. ARVs are very effective at treating HIV though and can allow you to have a long and healthy life.<\/p>\n With ARVs, HIV positive people have almost the same life expectancy as HIV negative people. Living with HIV isn’t something that is easy and you do need to take it seriously, but it shouldn’t stop you from doing anything in life you would have done before your diagnosis.<\/p>\n You may find the following links useful for more information. Do get back in touch if you have any questions.<\/p>\n