Will I feel ill every time I start a new HIV medication?

Will I feel ill every time I start a new HIV medication?

Brett Grodeck (Author, The First Year - HIV) gives expert video advice on: Can I take HIV medication with alcohol or other drugs?; Should I tell my doctor if I skip my medicine? and more...

Its important to know about HIV treatment, there is first line - that's the very first set of drugs that you take, there's second line, there's third line and there's salvage therapy. You start with the very best HIV medication and the more adherent you are, and the more that you track your health, the more likely you are to have success with this medication. So, the ideal situation is to stay on first line treatment for as long as possible. Every time you fail a drug, the primary way is not to be adherent, you resort to drugs that have more and more side effects. So every time you get on a new medication regime, it becomes more and more difficult to take and you are potentially dealing with more side effects.