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Reviewer: designboy, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I am happy that I found this website. I thought I was going crazy with strange dreams and insomnia. Been on this med for about one month. I do ask...Has anyone's side effect esp. the dreams/insomnia gotten better? This scares me and has been troubling.
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Reviewer: sdtredneck, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I was diagnosed with HIV in 2005. I got pregnant in 2007- started meds, had a healthy HIV- baby. After my pregnancy, my meds were switched from Norvir/Truvada to Isentress/Truvada. The only side effect I have is itchiness, which is quite tolerable considering my viral load has been undetectable since a few weeks after I started taking it. My T-Cells are above 700 and I am a little tired- but I hav
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Reviewer: dodo , 45-54 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month
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Reviewer: John, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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after starting Isentress 3-4 dys. started to become itchy, went to clinic, my Dr. was away, had told a nurse problem. He came back with a Dr. & a pharmacist. Dr.stated this wasn't possible, pharmacist stated it was a problem, started me on Hydroxyzine 25mg.2tabs2xdy.when my Dr. returned he & pharmacist placed me on Loratadine 10mg.1 tab am. Then was sent to a allergist, placed on Singular,
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Reviewer: 45-54 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I switched to Isentress after a bad experience with Atripla. Except for the occassional crazy dream, the drug seems to be side effect free for me.
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