The other day I was looking through some of my old newsletters, when I came upon an article written by an old friend of mine, Lori Levine. Lori's articles were always pointed and sometimes ironically truthful. This article is now five years old, and although a few of these questions have been answered, the majority have not. In fact, we have even more questions, because there are more infected women and more treatment options.
Women continue to receive the majority of their information anecdotally.
That is, from support groups, phone conversations with other HIV positive women, and through newsletters like this one. Several of Lori's questions were about the menstrual cycle. I've known women in their early 30's who have gone through menopause. Many of us already take many, many drugs, and the thought of adding another one makes us want to gag. While this may help with the yeast infection, it could cause resistance to fluconozole and later in the disease, when a strong anti-fungal is really needed, it won't help.