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Dr. Demetre explains why maintaining your HIV treatment is important.

#AskTheHIVDoc is a video series from Greater Than HIV where top HIV doctors give frank, no-nonsense responses to commonly asked questions from gay men about a range of sexual health topics, including personal risk, PrEP and other prevention tools, testing, and treatment. For more information, visit: http://greaterthan.org/speakout.

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TRANSCRIPT:
Dr. Demetre: I was diagnosed with HIV five years ago. I’m feeling fine. But my doctor is saying I should start treatment again. Do I really need to if I’m not sick?
Dr. David: I’m a doctor.
Dr. Demetre: I’m Dr. Demetre.
Dr. David: And I’m Dr. David.
Dr. Demetre: We’re HIV doctors.
Dr. David: And we’re here to answer your questions on HIV and sexual health.
Dr. Demetre: Treating your HIV is a critical step, and it’s not about how you feel. So something that I compare HIV to all the time is high blood pressure. High blood pressure, if someone has it, you treat it and you prevent heart attacks, strokes, and all sorts of other complications. You wouldn’t wait for the heart attack to start treating your, your high blood pressure. We know for a fact that treating HIV prevents AIDS. We also know that treating HIV prevents the complications of AIDS, which can be really devastating and ultimately HIV meds save lives. They have fewer side effects and they’re accessible. But there is a bonus. A little secret benefit to this, which is that if you treat your HIV, you can prevent transmitting HIV to other people. So there are so many reasons to be treated. And there is no reason to wait.