How to remind HIV patients to take their medication?
Your medicine will be ready when you need it, and you won’t run out. Ask a family member or friend to encourage you and give you a daily phone call, text, or email to remind to take your HIV medication. Continue to see your health care provider regularly.
Why do people take HIV medication every day?
That’s because HIV treatment involves taking HIV medication every day, exactly as prescribed to lower the amount of HIV in your body (also called the viral load) to a very low level. This is called viral suppression.
How to remember if you took HIV medication?
Try a weekly or monthly pill box with compartments for each day of the week to help you remember whether or not you took your medicine that day. Set an alarm on your clock, watch, or phone for the time you take your HIV medication. Keep a daily log or use a calendar to keep track of the days you have taken your HIV medication.
Can HIV be transmitted through sex?
There is also a prevention benefit: people living with HIV who take HIV medication daily as prescribed and get and keep an undetectable viral load have effectively no risk of transmitting HIV to an HIV-negative partner through sex.
Can you keep medications at work?
But make sure you talk to your health care provider—some medications are affected by extreme temperatures, and it is not always possible to keep medications at work. Being sick or depressed.
Is it harder to take HIV medication?
Some people find that taking their HIV medications becomes harder over time. Every time you see your health care provider, make it a point to talk about staying adherent to your medications. Your health care provider will help you identify barriers to keeping up with your HIV medication regimen and ways to address those barriers.