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June 2005 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This case report describes an instance of alopecia and severe seborrhoeic dermatitis potentially linked to the immune response from starting combination antiretroviral therapy for acute retroviral syndrome.
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July 2007 in “Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy” This case report documents a woman with HIV who developed severe hair loss after starting lopinavir-ritonavir, which improved upon switching to a different antiretroviral drug.
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July 2007 in “PubMed” This report describes a case of alopecia totalis associated with lopinavir/ritonavir in an HIV-positive patient, which reversed after discontinuation of the drug.
November 2012 in “Journal of the International AIDS Society” This observational study suggests that antiretroviral drugs that interact with CYP 3A4 enzymes may alter finasteride's effectiveness for hair loss in men treated for HIV.
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June 2020 in “Unisa Institutional Repository (University of South Africa)” This study found that low power red laser therapy, combined with antiretroviral drug efavirenz, significantly reduces HIV-1 infection in TZM-bl cells to undetectable levels.