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Hi Folks! I attended an educational presentation on HIV and treatments

yesterday. As always, the only picture of HIV (as a virus) was a

computer generated image. HIV appears to be elusive, are there no

actual photographic images? The focus was on treatments, and when to

initiate treatment. Side effects were also presented. I found myself

wondering about the mental health of persons, who have embraced HIV

medications, knowing the severity of side effects (kidney failure,

liver dysfunction, heart attacks, diabetes, osteoporosis, neuropathy,

lipodystrophy, and more). What is more likely to occur, is an

insistance on determining mental health of people, who

refuse 'treatment'. The benefits of 'treatment' are improved CD4

counts (which have little correlation with health or wellbeing) and

lowered viral loads (still controversial measures of RNA--which, may

not even be viral RNA)and if the side effects don't kill the HIV+

person, and the coctail combinations fail again and again, why, the

clinical benefits are certainly there--good numbers does improve

health, right? Steve

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