He has a history of intravenous drug use but has been clean for over 2 years. 3 years before being diagnosed he was in the hospital due to a large bruise where his liver is and was hospitalized for a low platelet count. He started taking combivir and viramune 3 weeks ago and has experienced slight pain in his liver as well as a rash all over his upper body. PS He was getting excellent care at Beth Israel Hospital and other facilities in Boston but now lives in Central Florida where HIV programs are extremely limited. We feel his dr.
Skin rash is quite common with the use of Viramune.
Usually we can continue to take the medication and the rash subsides. Experts appearing on this page are independent and are solely responsible for editing and fact-checking their material. Neither The Body nor any sponsor is the publisher or speaker of posted visitors' questions or the experts' material. Questions and messages posted to this forum are not statements of advice,opinion, or information of The Body, Body Health Resources Corporation or any sponsor of this forum. While neither The Body nor Body Health Resources Corporation regularly reviews posted content, we reserve the right to delete, move, or edit postings if we deem it appropriate under the circumstances.