Please see our Side Effects of HIV Treatment (Recent Articles) page for news about side effects.
Please also see our other web pages for more detailed information on particular side effects, including: Anemia and HIV; Bone Problems and HIV; Diarrhea, Digestive Problems, and HIV; Facial Wasting, Fat Loss, and HIV; Fatigue, Sleep Problems, and HIV; Lipodystrophy and HIV; Mitochondrial Toxicity and HIV; Nausea and HIV; Neuropathy (Nerve Damage) and HIV; and Pain Management, HIV, and Hepatitis C.
General Materials
- Dealing with Drug Side Effects (Project Inform) and Spanish version
- Side Effects (AIDS InfoNet) and Spanish version
- Side Effects & Other Health Problems (Poz)
- Side Effects (AIDSmap)
- Throb, yawn, scratch, and plop [side effects] (March/April 2014, Positively Aware)
- Side-Effects (Namlife)
- American Geriatrics Society Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults (American Geriatrics Society) – this includes information about drugs that have a greater risk of side effects or being ineffective in older persons
Fact Sheets from AIDSmap
- Types of Side-Effects
- Finding Out About Side-Effects
- Coping with Side-Effects
- Allergic (Hypersensitivity) Reactions
- Bone Problems
- Diarrhoea
- Headache
- Kidney Problems
- Lactic Acidosis
- Liver Problems
- Metabolic Changes
- Mood and Sleep Problems
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Pancreatitis
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Rash
- Sexual Problems
- Tiredness
Fact Sheets from AIDS InfoNet
- Fatigue: English, Spanish
- Anemia: English, Spanish
- Body Shape Changes (Lipodystrophy): English, Spanish
- Diarrhea: English, Spanish
- Peripheral Neuropathy: English, Spanish
- Mitochondrial Toxicity: English, Spanish
- Osteoporosis: English, Spanish
- Osteonecrosis: English, Spanish
- Depression and HIV: English, Spanish