Is it money or what and does this apply to someone diagnosed 6 months ago or one year ago with both receiving treatment when diagnosed. And what period or frequency of testing do you prefer. Unless, someone is having treatment changed frequently, there is no need to have viral load or CD4 counts monitored so frequently. In clinically stable patients, viral load and CD4 counts do not change very much. Thus the current recommendations are that they be obtained every 3-4 months.
Cost is a consideration.
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