"Ask the Social Worker"
(who has worked with HIV/AIDS patients for 20 yrs)
Hi all,
One of my best friends is a social worker who has been working with HIV/AIDS patients for 20 yrs. She leads support groups for women with HIV/AIDS. She has been there for much of the last two decades of the evolution of antiretroviral treatments. She is not a doctor, so will not be able to answer detailed meds questions, but has agreed to TRY to answer general questions you may have.
Post your questions here and I'll ask her via phone and type up her responses and post them on this thread.
I am not sure if this is a needed thing, but I guess I'll find out by seeing if anyone asks any questions.
One thing she said is this: Once someone with HIV/AIDS gets on the retroviral meds it takes about 2-4 weeks to take effect and then the improvement is dramatic. And she said that, as we all know already, HIV/AIDS folks do not just take one antiretroviral med because then the body will become resistant to that. So the combo/cocktail route is the way to go.
Best,
Rrrr
(who has worked with HIV/AIDS patients for 20 yrs)
Hi all,
One of my best friends is a social worker who has been working with HIV/AIDS patients for 20 yrs. She leads support groups for women with HIV/AIDS. She has been there for much of the last two decades of the evolution of antiretroviral treatments. She is not a doctor, so will not be able to answer detailed meds questions, but has agreed to TRY to answer general questions you may have.
Post your questions here and I'll ask her via phone and type up her responses and post them on this thread.
I am not sure if this is a needed thing, but I guess I'll find out by seeing if anyone asks any questions.
One thing she said is this: Once someone with HIV/AIDS gets on the retroviral meds it takes about 2-4 weeks to take effect and then the improvement is dramatic. And she said that, as we all know already, HIV/AIDS folks do not just take one antiretroviral med because then the body will become resistant to that. So the combo/cocktail route is the way to go.
Best,
Rrrr