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Rowdyboy

(22,057 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2012, 12:49 AM Jan 2012

O, happy day! After 14 years on combivir and viracept my meds have been changed....

Starting Wednesday I'm on Atripla and one pill a day replaces 6.

Small steps to a better life.

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O, happy day! After 14 years on combivir and viracept my meds have been changed.... (Original Post) Rowdyboy Jan 2012 OP

I take Atripla And I love it! William769 Jan 2012 #1

Atripla has been great for me too! LeftofObama Jan 2012 #2

My first CD4 count was 3. William769 Jan 2012 #3

Highest I've seen since '98 was inthe high 400's once or twice but I'm told Rowdyboy Jan 2012 #5

When I was diagnosed in 1998 my count was 132.....within a year it was a little over 300.... Rowdyboy Jan 2012 #4

I used to take the Sustiva/Reyetaz combo. It is the Sustiva in the Atripla that causes the dreams. beyurslf Jan 2012 #6

William769

(55,145 posts)

1. I take Atripla And I love it!

Reply to Rowdyboy (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 02:31 AM

Jan 2012

A word of advice if you Doctor has not told you, you will have very real & vivid dreams. My Doctor is also family to us so he can be well lets just say not your ordinary Doctor, he advised me not to watch horror or action films couple hours before bedtime (I take Atripla at night) but to watch lots of porn. I sleep like a baby and my dreams are the best!

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)

2. Atripla has been great for me too!

Reply to William769 (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 08:16 PM

Jan 2012

I have nothing else to compare it to though. I had vivid dreams at first, but now when I have dreams they are just like they were before I started taking Atripla. CD 4 went from 27 to over 300 in about a year. I get tested again in February so I'm anxious to see what my CD 4 is now.

William769

(55,145 posts)

3. My first CD4 count was 3.

Reply to LeftofObama (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 08:28 PM

Jan 2012

Took me 3 years just to get past the 200 mark (Danger zone), highest it's been is 600 but it stays between 400 & 500.

Rowdyboy

(22,057 posts)

5. Highest I've seen since '98 was inthe high 400's once or twice but I'm told

Reply to William769 (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 02:40 AM

Jan 2012

switching to Atripla should boost it slightly. Here's hoping!

Rowdyboy

(22,057 posts)

4. When I was diagnosed in 1998 my count was 132.....within a year it was a little over 300....

Reply to LeftofObama (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 02:38 AM

Jan 2012

Since its usually been in the high 300's-low 400's. My nurse-practicioner says it should go up a little.

Good luck when you have your next test!

beyurslf

(6,755 posts)

6. I used to take the Sustiva/Reyetaz combo. It is the Sustiva in the Atripla that causes the dreams.

Reply to William769 (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 18, 2012, 10:35 PM

Jan 2012

Vivid dreams is a nice way of saying it. I had terrible nightmares, night sweats, and other problems. I would wake up screaming, so drenched in sweat I had to change sheets. I took it about a year before I even mentioned it to my doctor because I never knew that was a side effect. (I guess I should read those pamphlets in the prescriptions!) When I finally mentioned it, she took me off and I have not had any problems.

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