HIV Drugs and Heart Conditions

Do you take abacavir? At the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections abacavir and DDI were associated with an increased risk of heart attack. Do you take abacavir and are you worried about this? Do you have any questions? The researchers who conducted this study believe that its findings have the greatest implications for those persons with HIV who may already have diabetes, a family history of heart disease or those who smoke. Now that more HIV-positive people are getting older, there is an increased the risk for cardiovascular problems.