Fw: Just Starting HIV Treatment? Visit Our New Resource Center!

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Are you debating whether to start taking HIV medications? Or are you already a new member of the HIV treatment club, but you're unsure whether your meds are working the way they should?

If either of those scenarios describes you, then our brand new Resource Center on Starting HIV Treatment can help.

In this special section of TheBody.com, you can dive into a sea of useful tips, overviews, personal stories, expert advice and everything you need to decide when, how, why and with what to start antiretroviral therapy -- and to gauge whether the meds you're on are right for you.

Featured in Our Resource Center on Starting HIV Treatment:

How to Prepare For a Lifesaving Challenge

The decision to start HIV treatment is one that can save your life, but it's also a huge commitment -- one loaded with responsibility and emotional meaning. Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., shares six of the most important factors to keep in mind as you prepare to take HIV meds for the first time.

10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Begin HIV Treatment

An HIV diagnosis comes with its very own set of questions to ask yourself and decisions to make. Among the biggest is: When should you start treatment? It's a Russian nesting doll of a decision, with many other questions tucked inside. HIV/AIDS advocate Heidi Nass guides you through the most important ones.

How to Manage the Most Common Side Effects of Your First Regimen

While most HIV medication regimens are easy to handle, side effects occur in many people -- and if you're not prepared to deal with them, they can undermine treatment success. Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A., and Ben Young, M.D., discuss several of the most common side effects in people taking their first treatment regimen, and offer tips on how to manage them.

Is Your HIV Treatment Working? Warning Signs and False Alarms

The first few months after starting HIV treatment are pivotal in determining whether your first regimen will be successful. Yet if you are brand new to HIV/AIDS treatment, how can you know what success is? We'll help you tell the difference between a warning sign that your regimen might not be right for you and a normal signal that your body is still adjusting to medications.

Personal and Expert Perspectives

Some of the top minds in HIV medicine join with TheBody.com's bloggers and other community members to provide insight and advice on starting HIV treatment.

Adjusting to Life on HIV Treatment: Tips From Experts

We asked a range of knowledgeable HIV doctors, nurses, treatment advocates and other HIV care providers to answer this question: "What key piece of advice do you have for HIV-positive people who have just started treatment and are adjusting to life on HIV meds?"

Khafre Abif: Be the Chair of Your Own Board

"It wasn't until 1998 that I started my first medication regimen," recalls Khafre Abif, who has been living with HIV since 1989. "As a librarian I was heavy into research and worked to find out as much as I could about the current treatments available. ... I trusted myself, my God and my instincts to make the decisions I felt were best for me."

Advice on Starting HIV Treatment From People Who've Been There

We reached out to a group of those most in the know about the intricacies of starting treatment -- HIV-positive people who've made the decision to start themselves -- and asked: If you could go back in time to the moment before you started HIV treatment, what advice would you give yourself?

Read more exclusive columns and opinions on our perspectives page.

These examples are only a part of the trove of information our new special section has to offer. Visit the Resource Center on Starting Treatment for much more. We hope you find these pages useful as you begin your treatment journey!

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