Hi, i'm hiv patients. Yesterday when I was going for tacking arv medicine my Dr. gave me isoniazid tablet wherever i'm not effected with tb .my cd4 more then 900 and rna viral load undetectable. Should I take this medicine.

Dr. Ishwar GiladaHIV Specialist38yrs exp

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Isoniazid is part of tb prevention medicine, you do not have tb but it is important to prevent bn it by isoniazid for 180 days. Your reports are impressive.  

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Dr. Hemant KumarHIV Specialist40yrs exp

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Hello. Your Dr. has given you ipt (isoniazid preventive therapy and Dr. must have ruled out active tb before giving you ipt). Isoniazid prevents latent tb infection in to developing in to active tb (disease with signs and symptoms) as its 10 times more common to get active tb in hiv pos pt than in non hiv pos pt. Pl take pyridoxine with isoniazid. Good to see your cd4 count and vl result. Thanks.  

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