UNBOOSTED Reyataz was: Re:Reyataz - Twice Daily

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I've enjoyed gleaning from these discussions that some are using

Reyataz in an unboosted fashion.

One is using 200mg two times per day for a daily total intake of 400

mg Reyataz.

Another is using 300 mg twice per day for a daily total intake of 600

mg Reyataz.

I am without insurance and am dependent upon a research study that I

am enrolled in... everything is taken care of, my doctor visits, my

labs, my prescriptions... and I make a whopping $10/visit.

Over the past year I have gained 30# all went front and center...

classic lipodystrophy (truncal obesity).

:::spitting mails:::

my doctor will only prescribe 200mg testosterone every two weeks

:::spitting mails:::

My doctor ordered for me a cat scan of the abdominal and pelvic areas,

with the instruction to evaluate for visceral adipose tissue gain.

The type written report from the radiologist who viewed the film did

not mention adipose/ weight gain. The report did say that my liver,

spleen, and various plumbing parts (veins, ducts) appeared to all be

normal.

So I phoned the hospital xray lab and paid for 5 pages of films for $4

each... at least I have the film... now where can I find a radiologist

that can read them for me? (hopefully pro-bono, or heavily discounted)

My current medication schedule:

150 mg Reyataz two per day

100 mg Norvir one per day (have currently discontinued taking)

Taking two other pills one of which is a placebo. Was told that it is

either Truvada or Epzicom, and will find out which one it is when the

study has ended.

Just over a year ago when I began my ARV meds, at my first office

visit I weighed in at 209 lbs. At my office visit Feb 22 I weighed a

whopping 240 lbs.

After reading Built to Survive I have formed the impression that my

doctor is prescribing half the testosterone that my body needs. I

asked him for a prescription for nandrolone and he refused.

So my action: order online testosterone and nandrolone and inject

myself weekly with 250 mg of each.

http://www.pharmaeurope.com/shop.php?c=injectables

After talking with various healthcare workers I am under the

impression of all the medications that I could be on... it is Norvir

that is most probably the culprit of having increased my belly fat by 30#.

While stopping a drug may not be able to reverse things... at least I

will have the assurance that no more fat is going to be added

:::crossing fingers:::

Not being overly concerned about various liver enzymes, I've chosen to

take Bioperine 10mg concurrently when taking Reyataz in the hopes of

this natural boosting agent doing a good enough job to keep my test

results at undetectable.

3 weeks prior to may last blood tests I'd stopped Norvir and begun

Bioperine... my results came back " undetectable " .

It may be another 2 months and I will once again get to witness my

results.

In Wellness,

Robb

Atlanta, GA

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> This string seems to have veered into the " trough " question, and

i'm not

> even sure what that means.

> All i know is that my doc in SF was quite specific when i started

> reyataz in jan 05 that I NOT split the doses, but take both 200 mg

capsules at the

> same time, especially after i convinced her to skip the norvir

boost (had a

> terrible time with norvir in '96).

> She said something about the higher total being more effective

than

> splitting. Must be working, i'm starting my 11th year of

undetectable and over

> 500 t's.

> edward

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