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I'm hiv positive and my new born is negative, does she need to take neviropine for the next 6 months?

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Depends: If you were regularly taking anti-retroviral medications in pregnancy and classified as low risk with a low viral load when your babay was delivered, she may be able to stop medications after the first recheck at 2-4 months. Check with your doctor about what level of risk you and your newborn are to know the answer to this question

Answered 8/10/2020

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Dr. Jay Park answered

Depends: If mother have received antiretroviral treatment before the onset of labor, your infant needs to take oral zidovudine for 6 weeks. If not, infant needs to take zidovudine for 6 weeks along with 3 doses of nevirapine during the first 1 week.

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