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It has probably been unethical for your doc to prescribe d4T+ddI
for at least the last fiver years possibly longer in may peoples
views. However if you really had no side effects there are sometimes
exceptions - just sounds very out of date. Withdrawing the nukes in my
opinion was unethical rather than replacing then with newer
drugs.
I'm not aware of any recent law that would have banned
this.
If you have been on Kaletra successfully for 5 years (is your
viral load undetectable?) then there are plenty of other options other
than T-20.
Raltegravir + Kaletra, both twice daily, would have been the
easiest to switch too when your viral load was still undetectable, but
there are others you could add, included 3TC or newer drugs.
I'd feel more confident if you were to see a new doctor asap, or
at least get a second opinions.
Hi,
I really need some advice. I'm nearly resistant to everything and
have been on DDI, D4T and Kaletra for 5 years. My numbers, though not
great (209 T's and 5,700 Viral Load) have remained steady and even
climbed a bit in those 5 years (I also feel/look great and never had a
side effect or opportunistic infection). Suddenly my doctor says it
isn't ethical for him to prescrib DDI and D4T together because of newly
published reports of side effects and my only last option is to start
Fuzeon, which, of course, I'd rather not do or put off longer.
This is very frustrating cause i was coasting along fine before. Is
it true that DDI and D4t can't be prescribed together any longer? Now
they've taken me off it as of a month ago and, not surprisingly, my
viral load has shot up to 60,000.
Thanks,
Brian
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