Does taking antidepressants ssris during the whole hiv window period (90 days) daily affect the third generation hiv antibody test? Https://www.ncbi.nlm. Nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc2978281/ (doctor shikhar tripathy do not answer my question I need advice not your medicine)

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The hiv 3rd generation test is a sensitive and accurate test that detects the presence of hiv antibodies in the blood. It can be used to detect hiv infection in individuals who have been exposed to the virus at least three weeks prior to the test. The presence of ssris in the body is unlikely to interfere with the test's ability to detect hiv antibodies. Actually most drugs do not affect test efficiency. Only some immunosuppression drugs, chemo, steroids may affect test accuracy. Though many drugs affect treatment efficiency by increasing or decreasing metabolism of drugs.  

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