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Treating HIV

Recent advances in HIV treatments mean that people living with HIV are leading longer and more productive lives.

NAPWHA works with pharmaceutical companies, educators, clinicians and government to ensure we have access to the best treatments and information possible. NAPWHA Health & Treatments projects are also actively representing the interests of positive people in many ways.

Treataware (formerly the AIDS Treatment Project Australia) develops educational materials and organises the popular Treatments Information Roadshow and Chin Wag events all around Australia.

For detailed information about specific anti-HIV treatments, visit NAPWHA's HIV Treatments Database.

For detailed information about when to start treatment, go to When to start treatment

Getting spine: the nucleoside backbone

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 19 January 2006

Nucleoside analoguesA type of anti-HIV drug that works by inhibiting a stage of the HIV life cycle called reverse transcription. Non-nucleosides work in a similar way, but are chemically different. are the backbone of successful anti-HIV treatments. This article examines some of the issues involved in selecting the best nucleoside backbone. read more »

Flower power

Positive Living article • Jim Arachne • 18 January 2006

Bach Flower Essences may help with sexual dysfunction, writes complementary therapist JIM ARACHNE. read more »

Kivexa available on PBS

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 8 December 2005
Treating HIV

Kivexa, a new single-pill combination of the antiviralA medication or substance which is active against one or more virusesA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell.. May include anti-HIV drugs, but these are more accurately termed antiretroviralsA medication or other substance which is active against retroviruses such as HIV.. drugs abacavir (Ziagen) and lamivudine (3TC) became available for S100 prescription from 1 December. read more »

Adherence tips

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 8 December 2005

Thirty-two quick and easy strategies to help you take your medications on time. read more »

Sticking to it

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 8 December 2005

Why is adherence – taking your antiretroviralA medication or other substance which is active against retroviruses such as HIV. medications on time and not missing doses – such a big deal? read more »

Coming out of the (water) closet

Positive Living article • Jim Arachne • 8 December 2005

Diarrhoea is still one of the most common health problems for people with HIV. A range of natural therapy options are available to help. read more »

Flu threat

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 13 October 2005

It’s been described as “the biological equivalent of the Boxing Day tsunami” — an outbreak of avian influenza in Australia could cause thousands of deaths, officials have warned, and people living with HIV/AIDS are among the groups at risk. read more »

My toxic world

Positive Living article • David Menadue • 13 October 2005

The beautiful beaches of Rio de Janeiro are hardly the place in which you’d imagine your thoughts would start turning to mortality, but for a while there not even the incredible, hunky, tanned Adonises strutting before me could distract me from thoughts of impending doom. read more »

On the shoulders of giants

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 13 October 2005

The annual conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHMAustralasian Society for HIV Medicine. The peak Australasian organisation representing the medical and health sector in HIV/AIDS and related areas. ) was held in Hobart, Tasmania, from 24-27 August. read more »

The ‘C’ word

Positive Living article • Paul Kidd • 13 October 2005

The results of a small study published in The Lancet has generated talk of a possible cure for HIV infection but, writes PAUL KIDD, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. read more »

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