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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.

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

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

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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

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BETA blog
4 March 2015
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

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

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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

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Healio
4 June 2013
Diabetes

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

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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

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Theratechnologies press release
13 March 2013
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

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

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Huffington Post
30 January 2013
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

The Bio-Alcamid disaster

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Xtra
8 October 2012
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

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

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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

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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

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South African Journal of HIV Medicine
16 April 2012
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Lipoatrophy common in children receiving d4T in South Africa

News
7 March 2012
Neurological & cognitive problems

Fat accumulation linked to cognitive impairment in patients with HIV

News
24 February 2012
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Face fillers and dental work—caution needed

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CATIE
25 January 2012
Pharmaceutical industry

Theratechnologies to discontinue COPD clinical program and focus on lipodystrophy

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Theratechnologies press release
8 December 2011
Side effects

Raltegravir kinder to bones and body fat than boosted protease inhibitors in Spanish trial

News
28 November 2011
Ageing & HIV

Diseases of ageing occurring 10 to 15 years earlier in patients with HIV

News
20 October 2011
Cardiovascular disease

Waist circumference and triglycerides: simple measures of increased cardiovascular risk for patients with HIV

News
10 October 2011
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Kivexa and Truvada-based combinations associated with long-term gains in limb fat, not fat loss

News
27 June 2011