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Does Fluconazole And Doxylag Supress Immune System?

Posted on Mon, 8 Dec 2014

Question: hi any of following medicines contains steroids , supress immune system and effect hiv test results
1 fluconazole
2 doxylag
3 daflon
4 diflucan
5 dental antibiotic
6 amoxcillin

Answered by Dr. Arun (39 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Mentioned drugs are not immunosuppressive..

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXX,
I understand your concern.
I am Dr. Arun Tank, infectious diseases specialist, answering your query.

All the drugs provided by you is not having any immunosuppressive or steroidal drugs.

The name of the drugs and its action is as follows.

Antibacterial antibiotics: Amoxycillin, doxylag, dental antibiotics.

Antifungal antibiotics: fluconazole, diflucan,

Circulation improving drugs: Daflon

I will be happy to answer your further concern, you can ask me on bit.ly/DrArun.
Thank you.
Dr Arun Tank
Infectious diseases specialist.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Arun (10 minutes later)

Thanks
Also advise me on sofradex cream which contains dexamethasone
I have done my last hiv test after five months of exposure
Last hiv test after five months of exposure which came negative.
Any medicines effect hiv test results

Answered by Dr. Arun (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
HIV test not affected by local steroid creams...

Detailed Answer:

Sofradex contains framycetin, gramicidin and dexamethazone.

It is available as a cream preparation which can be use as local application.

Since it is a locally applicable, it is not absorbed and distributed in whole body.

So it will not affect the HIV test.

If you have used systemic steroidal drugs than your HIV test will be affected.

I will be happy to answer your further concern, you can ask me on bit.ly/DrArun.
Thank you.
Dr Arun Tank
Infectious diseases specialist.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Arun (6 minutes later)

How accurate hiv test after five months

Answered by Dr. Arun (10 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Accurate after five month..

Detailed Answer:

Commonly done antibodies test is accurate after five month duration.

I will be happy to answer your further concern, you can ask me on bit.ly/DrArun.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Arun (11 minutes later)

Any of drugs mentioned in my previous question can effect hiv results

Answered by Dr. Arun (13 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Some cases needs PCR confirmation..

Detailed Answer:
Antibodies test has some limitation.

It may give false negative tests in some cases.

In doubtful cases confirmation can be done by NAAT (Nucleic Acid Amplification Test) or PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction).

The names of the drugs you have mentioned never affect HIV antibodies test results.

I will be happy to answer your further concern, you can ask me on bit.ly/DrArun.
Thank you.
Dr Arun Tank
Infectious diseases specialist.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Arun (5 minutes later)

Which cases give wrong false negative results

Answered by Dr. Arun (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
causes mentioned below

Detailed Answer:

In cases where steroidal drugs taken, autoimmune disease, cancer chemotherapy, faulty testing kits, laboratory errors etc.

I will be happy to answer your further concern, you can ask me on bit.ly/DrArun.
Thank you.
Dr Arun Tank
Infectious diseases specialist.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Arun (4 hours later)

Last question whether augmentin and neogyl effect hiv test results

Answered by Dr. Arun (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
These drugs won't affect HIV test..

Detailed Answer:
Augmentin contains Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid.

Neogyl contains metronidazole.

Both of these drugs never affects HIV tests.

You can ask for further clarifications. Or you can visit to bit.ly/DrArun.

If your query is resolved please close the answer and rate me.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari

Follow up: Dr. Arun (26 minutes later)

Sir whether mixture of these medicines can alter results. I have hiv test 10 times and all negative

Answered by Dr. Arun (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Such mixture not affect the HIV result...

Detailed Answer:
Even mixture of this drug never affects immunity. So there is no effect on HIV results also.

I think you are terrified with some incident and so you are worrying much with the HIV.

Delete the incidence from mind as ten times it is negative. Forget that such a incident has happened with you, than and than you can live tension free.

If your query is resolved close the answer and rate me.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T