HIVInfo.us
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An HIV Information Site & HIV Educational Resource Site (HIS & HERS)

Delta Region AIDS Education Training Center (part of the national AETC), LSU Health Sciences Center (New Orleans,) and the HIV Outpatient Clinic in New Orleans have launched this site to provide persons with HIV & AIDS as well as their friends and family an easy-to-access and user friendly site with clear, accurate, and up-to-date information about HIV care. 

Information is power.  Persons with HIV respond to therapy much more vigorously if they are well educated about the disease and its treatments.
Although certain links may not yet work, there is a growing library of treatment and drug information available below.  If you would like to print out the information, most pages have a Portable Document Format (PDF) link at the bottom which is easy to download and print using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software.  Links in this site are usually in purple color.
Site Last Updated 7.13.2006
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HIV Treatment Information Basics

Click HERE for Most of the Site Information In PDF Format for easy downloading and printing.
Glossary: Terms and Words Used to Describe HIV Infection, Complications, Treatments, and Side Effects
►General Information about HIV and Its Effects on the Human Body
►Information about HIV Transmission and Ways to Prevent It
►HIV Transmission and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention for Persons Infected with HIV
►General HIV Treatment Information including Combining Drugs Together
►General Adherence Information: taking every dose of every medicine every day
►Interpretation of Blood and Lab Tests
►Managing Symptoms and Side Effects
 ►Maintaining a Healthy Relationship with your Healthcare Provider
 ►Quackery for HIV (useless and/or dangerous treatments for HIV)
 ►Nutrition Basics [under construction]
 ►Staph Infections including Folliculitis, Furuncles, and Carbuncles (boils) [updated]
 ►Vaccinations Recommended for Persons with HIV (as well as their family members)
 ►A Discussion of Opportunistic Infections
 ►Low T-Cells & Prevention of Opportunistic Infections

HIV-Related Medication Information

NRTIs
Nucleoside RT Inhibitors
 "Nukes"
Generic Brand Abbreviation PDF
Abacavir Ziagen ABC ▲
Didanosine Videx or Videx EC ddI ▲
 Emtricitabine Emtriva  FTC ▲
Lamivudine Epivir 3TC ▲
Stavudine Zerit d4T ▲
Tenofovir Viread TDF ▲
Zalcitabine Hivid ddC ▲
Zidovudine Retrovir AZT or ZDV ▲

 

NNRTIs
Non-nucleoside RT Inhibitors
 "Non-Nukes"
Generic Brand PDF
Nevirapine Viramune ▲
Efavirenz Sustiva ▲
Delavirdine Rescriptor ▲

 

Combination  or Co-formulation Medications
Medication Components PDF
Atripla efavirenz + tenofovir + emtricitabine ▲
Combivir zidovudine + lamivudine ▲
Epzicom abacavir + lamivudine ▲
Trizivir zidovudine + lamivudine + abacavir ▲
Truvada tenofovir + emtricitabine ▲

 

Protease Inhibitors (PI)
Generic Brand PDF
Amprenavir Agenerase ▲
Atazanavir Reyataz ▲
Fosamprenavir Lexiva ▲
Indinavir Crixivan ▲
Lopinavir + Ritonavir Kaletra ▲
Nelfinavir Viracept ▲
Ritonavir Norvir ▲
Saquinavir Fortovase or Invirase ▲
Tipranavir Aptivus ▲
Darunavir Prezista ▲

 

Fusion Inhibitors
Generic Brand Abbreviation PDF
Enfuvirtide Fuzeon T-20 ▲

 

Other Medications Used Commonly By Persons With HIV Infection or AIDS
[including preventatives, treatment antibiotics, hormonals, and pain medications]
Generic Brand(s) PDF
Sulfamethoxazole + Trimethoprim Bactrim or Septra or generic ▲
Dapsone generic only ▲
Fluconazole Diflucan ▲
Azithromycin Zithromax ▲
Clarithromycin Biaxin ▲
Rifabutin Mycobutin ▲
Atovaquone Mepron ▲
Erythropoietin Procrit & Epogen ▲
Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) Neupogen ▲
Acyclovir, Famciclovir, Valacyclovir Zovirax or generic, Famvir, or Valtrex ▲
Testosterone Androgel or Testoderm or Androderm ▲
Gabapentin Neurontin ▲
Opiate pain relievers - hydrocodone, oxycodone, propoxyphene, morphine, fentanyl, methadone [NEW!] Vicodin, Lortab, Percocet, Roxicet, OxyContin, Roxanol, MS Contin, Oramorph, Duragesic, Actiq, Dolophine ▲

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This site is conceived, designed, and maintained by
James A Zachary MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine -  Department of Medicine
Sections of HIV and Infectious Diseases
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Contact Information
 Email: jameszacharymd(at)gmail.com
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LSU Health Sciences has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.
Please consider donations to the LSUHSC Foundation or the Red Cross.

For access to important contact information and medication access instructions at the time of disaster situations in New Orleans, click HERE.

This site is sponsored by the Delta AETC and LSU Health Sciences Center.