Does taking citalopram affect the hiv testing ?

[Rohit121]

This is my first question I hope doctors like you will solve my doubt. The article I read says "citalopram also significantly decreased HIV viral replication in the latently infected T-cell line and the latently infected macrophage cell line. Don't you think doctor it will also suppress the HIV Antibody production that can't be detected by HIV antibody test? I took citalopram for 6 months recently I stopped taking it.  I tried to ask this question to my doctor but he didn't even read it and said don't worry about it and I tried to ask this question to another doctor but he wants money for my question.  I am just a student don't have that much money at this time. Please help.  Article link
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978281/

[CurfewX]

You are misreading that study.

What was your risk for HIV?

[Rohit121]

Thanks for your response doctor I had unprotected sex with a women. But this article scared me alot. Thinking it might have suppressed the my antibody that could not br detected. I may have misread this article. Can you assure me ma'am why it won't suppress hiv antibody? So that it can reduce my anxiety.

[AnxiousNoMore]

Vaginal, anal or oral and was there a condom?

[AnxiousNoMore]

This is not a biology class for people with hiv fixation and no medical training. It's not surprising that your doctor wasn't interested in wasting his time answering your question.  This is an hiv prevention forum and if your doctor said to stop worrying, I presume you tested negative - in which case it's time to move on.

[CurfewX]

Antibodies aren't suppressed by anything apart from MAYBE chemotherapy for cancer. Once antibodies form, they will always be detectable and present.  Viral replication rate has NOTHING to do with antibodies.