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The good news is as long as your not resistant to the drugs, your eligible to take any of them so if you do have side effects on Atripla, switching to Complera (or another) is easy to do.

But all of this is in the future 2 weeks (first blood work results) to 3 months (second blood work results) down the road. Your crappy feeling may be more the result of stress from worrying and not so much the virus itself

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What you should find out from your first blood draw is viral load, cd4 count and any drug resistance your virus might have. The third is most important (in my mind) because that will have an affect on which treatment regimen you can be on. I would also say it's more than likely you won't have any drug resistance, which means all the options are on the table.

Next is which drug you will be on. My doc suggested Atripla with the fall back of Complera. From my research one is just as good as the other, but more people have certain side effects from Atripla that they don't on Complera. I really have had no side effects. It hasn't affected my sleep or appetite or sexual drive (haha). I take it at bedtime (which for me can range from 7 am -10 am, since I work graveyard). On my days off I take it at bedtime (usually around 2 am, which my doctor said was just fine).

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You mentioned in one of your posts that you wanted a drug that is good for getting your cd4 count up. From my perspective, that's a bit of a fallacy to look for that. Getting your viral load under control will help boost your cd4.

But from what my doc advised, any number of things can affect your cd4 level: stress, a cold, allergies, etc. IIRC, my cd4 actually dropped back a bit in my last blood work versus my first, not much mind you (along the lines of 750 in February versus 698 in May), and it's still well above whats considered dangerous (less than 500 or less than 200, depending on your doctors view). So I was told not to worry and that it is normal.

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As far as how quickly you'll go undetectable, I think it all depends on your starting point. If your viral load is high, it might take longer to knock it back. In my case, my VL was already very low (7070 copies/mL) so the meds were able to get it under control quickly. If your VL is high, it might take longer. And that will be true for any of the treatment regimens.

You have a wait ahead of you because it will take at least 3 months to see how your regimen is working.

But get started as quickly as you can. If you have health insurance, that should cover the majority of your cost, aside from copay. But all of the major drug companies offer a copay assistance card, and very few ask questions about eligibility (except and unless your meds are covered by Medicaid or other assistance, such as Ryan White grant funding). My doctor gave me one from Bristol Meyer Squibb that pays up to $400/month toward copay (mine is/was $50/Mo).

Hey man. From what I've gathered, stribild is the newest medication on the market.

But from what my doctor said they all more or less contain the same basic ingredient, mostly the active ingredient in truvada, complemented by others that help boost the way the body absorbs and uses it.

After my initial blood work, to test for any drug resistance, viral load count and CD4 level, we consulted about which med to take.

My doctor recommended Atripla, but noted if it didn't work or if the side effects were to much, I could use Complera. And if that didn't work... She went on to list the various other treatment regimes available.

Atripla gave me very few side effects and the ones I do have occasionally (fatigue and a sometimes buzzy-ness, if I take it during my waking hours) are manageable.