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 HIV medications (particularly some of the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors-NRTIs- such as D4T or AZT) can cause mitochondrial dysfunction/damage that is reversible in the vast majority of cases. There has been no link to increased risk for cancer among patients receiving NRTIs. KH | ||||||||
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