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Ask the Experts about Fatigue and Anemia
Taking morning dosis a little late
Sep 27, 2008
First thank you doctor for all the help you give to us. I'm in treatment for about 2 years begining with a viral load of 1000,000 and CD4 = 14, at the begining I was very strict with my daily dosis (combivir + efavirens), the results were good, became undetectable and my CD4 count was 180 in only 6 months of treatment.
I began to work, my working hours end very late at night and this semester I didn't listened to my alarm and kept on sleeping and took my dosis late, about 2 and a half hours late. I'm worried about developing resistance.... in my last tests I was still undetectible and CD4 was up to 300. But I'm still worried about that.
thanks a lot
Naira
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hello Naira,
Your medications, Combivir and efavirenz, have long half lives and therefore being several hours late (or early) is not going to affect efficacy or increase the risk of developing resistance. You are responding extremely well to treatment with your HIV plasma viral load plummeting from 1,000,000 to undetectable and CD4 count skyrocketing from 14 to 300.
If you remain worried about your morning dose due to your work and/or sleep schedule, you could talk to your HIV specialist about switching to Atripla (efavirenz, emtricitabine, tenofovir), which has a convenient one-pill, once-per-day dosage which you would take at night. Atripla is actually a slightly better regimen than your efavirenz + Combivir in clinical trials.
Be well.
Dr. Bob
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