Current anti-HIV drug treatment is called HAART, or Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy. If you are HIV positive, at some point as the disease progresses, your Doctor will want prescribe this for you. You’ll be required to take in a lot of information, but there are a few questions that you will definitely want answered.
Keep a copy of this list to ask and take them to your Doctor appointments with you to ensure you get the knowledge and answers that you need.
• What is my CD4+ count and has it changed?
• What is my viral load and has it changed?
• What are the names of the medications that I will be taking?
• What should I do if I miss a dose of medication, or if I am too nauseous to take my medication?
• When do I take which medications?
• What are the side-effects?
• What can I do to help relieve any side effects?
• Should I take the medications with a full or empty stomach?
These are some of the more important questions that you want the answers to. We’d love to hear of other questions that you feel are important as well, drop us a comment.
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