I must tell you about my problem. I am desperate. My son is HIV positive. How did he get it or from whom it is not on me to think about. He should have been more careful. But he has lived with it for past three years, and we have to assimilate with his condition. But now he has HIV tuberculosis and I want to know what the treatment of this illness is.
Patients with HIV infections or AIDS appear to respond well to standard 6-month therapy, although treatment may need to be prolonged if the response is suboptimal. Rifmpin, the powerful inducer of hepatic microsomal enzymes, shortens the half-life of HIV protease inhibitors and therefore is contraindicated for patients receiving this drugs, instead these individuals should be given rifabutinwith either indinavir or nelfinavir.