Question from a person living with HIV: May 2, 2012 I body build and work out, eat right, etc. The lipodystrophy I accumulated during my early use of Crixivan and others doesn’t really go away that much. It’s frustrating, depressing. I do also appear to have some features of “muscle belly” where there is a space between …
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17 May 2010 Paul Tran, BS Pharrn, RPh Advisors and Consultants Staff Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, HFD-21 Rockville, MD 20857 Dear Mr. Tran: On behalf ofthe Drug Development Committee (DDC) ofthe AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC), I am writing to urge members ofthe Endocrinologic and Metabolic …
This Month in HIV: 2009 Update on Body Shape Changes and HIVA Conversation With Dr. Donald Kotler and Patient Activist Nelson Vergel April 2009 From TheBody.com Body shape changes are some of the most frustrating complications of HIV and HIV medications. Whether it’s the loss of cheeks or the sudden swollen midsection, people with HIV …
From Gay Men’s Health Crisis HIV Lipodystrophy: Where Are We After Ten Years?By Nelson VergelJuly-December 2007 Note: The following article expresses the opinions and learned lessons of the writer, not of GMHC, Treatment Issues, or their staff. It is not intended as medical advice and should not be taken as such. Ten years have passed …
