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HIV: Behind the Music

Taking Care of Business




Not by Meds Alone

No Viral Load=No Transmission?

The Stand

Staphing Up

Mixology

Heads of the Class

Heartburn Hotel

Protein Shakers

Mercury Rising

Britain: Hep C Rings Twice

Pill-Taking Tip

Cardio Risk Raiser

Cholesterol Downer




What's a Girl to Do?

Runaway Hit

The Mother of All HIV Tests

Lights! Camera! Bareback Action!

Prom Night Prep

Apply as Directed

Strong-arming HIV

Healing Fields

Jargon: DWI

Keeping Up With the Joneses

Melrose Place 2.0

Silence=Meth

Rock Out

Ladies First




Editor's Letter-May 2008

Mailbox-May 2008



 
Most Popular Lessons

The HIV Life Cycle

Shingles

Herpes Simplex Virus

Syphilis & Neurosyphilis

Treatments for Opportunistic Infections (OIs)

What is AIDS & HIV?

Hepatitis & HIV


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May 2008


Pill-Taking Tip

A drink with your HIV cocktail

Even with all the advances in HIV meds—fewer pills, fewer doses—many people still choke up when swallowing them. Here’s one POZ reader’s trick for smoothing the way: “My meds go down easier with milk than water,” says Chris Camp of Baltimore, “and chocolate milk works even better.”


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Rowdy, Oakland, CA, 2008-05-15 10:28:22
For me, it's not a physical issue, but a psychological one. I have such a difficult time with meds. I fully understand the ramifications, but that does not make it easier to grapple with meds every day.

Jason, Washington, DC, 2008-05-08 15:55:11
I personally don't have difficulty swallowing pills, but a friend of mine uses a small spoon of peanut butter rather than liquid. He says the stickiness of the pb helps him to get the pills down.

Rob, san diego, 2008-05-08 11:19:02
Thats great, someone else using milk. the bigger pills have a hard time going down and after trying just about everything i found that milk really does work best.

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