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Many people put on a little weight after starting antiretroviral treatment, linked to a general improvement in health. However, some specific anti-HIV drugs may affect the structure of body fat and cause more weight gain than others. The mechanisms are different to lipodystrophy, which was a side effect of anti-HIV drugs which are now rarely used.

Changing treatment

HIV Regimen Switch May Contribute to Weight Gain

Editor's pick
Monthly Prescribing Reference
9 October 2017
Side effects

Lipids improved by switching from ritonavir to cobicistat as a booster for darunavir

News
6 September 2017
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Switching from efavirenz to raltegravir leads to significant improvements in fatty liver disease in people with HIV

News
17 August 2017
Hepatitis & HIV

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease common in people living with HIV – metabolic disorders are key risk factors

News
12 July 2017
Side effects

High prevalence of low testosterone among younger and middle-aged ART-treated men in France

News
24 January 2017
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

The benefit of treatment has outweighed the clinical impact of lipodystrophy, conference hears

News
26 October 2016
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Two Experts Discuss HIV, Abdominal Fat and Body Shape Changes

Editor's pick
The Body
24 August 2016
Ageing & HIV

Middle-aged people living with HIV have an increased risk of frailty

News
13 January 2016
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Body fat changes and lactic acidosis with HIV medicines: EMA recommends removal of class warnings for several medicines

Editor's pick
European Medicines Agency
26 October 2015
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Does HIV make you fat? Study connects viral load with fat gains

News
6 March 2015
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Abdominal Body Fat Gains on ART and Viral Load: It Matters Where You Start

Editor's pick
BETA blog
4 March 2015
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Drug that reduces abdominal fat in HIV patients also may reduce fat in liver

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
19 July 2014
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Unusual and rare complication described in San Francisco

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CATIE
9 December 2013
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Liquid Injectable Silicone Effective, Safe for Treating HIV Patients with Facial Lipoatrophy

Editor's pick
Healio
4 June 2013
Diabetes

Protein Structure Discovery Could Lead to Better Treatments for HIV, Early Aging

Editor's pick
University of Virginia press release
11 April 2013
Side effects

Almost three-quarters of people starting HIV therapy in Tanzania have dyslipidemia after three years of treatment

News
28 March 2013
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Health Canada rejects tesamorelin for lipodystrophy

Editor's pick
Theratechnologies press release
13 March 2013
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Mark S. King: I'm Gonna Wipe That AIDS Right Off My Face

Editor's pick
Huffington Post
30 January 2013
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

The Bio-Alcamid disaster

Editor's pick
Xtra
8 October 2012
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

The mirror has two faces - a personal account of using facial filler for lipoatrophy

Editor's pick
Positively Aware
28 September 2012
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

High rate of infections in people with HIV receiving Bio-Alcamid treatment for facial lipoatrophy

News
10 September 2012
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Theratechnologies sinks on HIV drug setback

Editor's pick
Reuters
22 June 2012
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Reductions in visceral fat during tesamorelin therapy associated with improvements in key metabolic markers

News
30 April 2012
Side effects

Why it's time to say goodbye to stavudine...everywhere

Editor's pick
South African Journal of HIV Medicine
16 April 2012