AIDS Treatment Drugs

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Aids treatment and drugs

Can you please give me a list on all the drugs and treatment for aids and exactly what they do?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. What you are asking can literally fill an entire book. However, a very good report which reviews AIDS related drugs currently available in the USA (both approved, and those in clinical trials), has been published... Read more »

Treatment holiday safe? (TREATMENT INTERRUPTIONS, 2011) (DRUG HOLIDAYS, 2011)

Dear Dr, I will be travelling to Singapore for work in early April this year and I risk being... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

Do I still need to take my meds with my condition? (TREATMENT INTERRUPTIONS, 2010) (DRUG HOLIDAYS, 2010)

In May of 2003 I was determined to have full blown AIDS. I was infected just 4-5 months prior to... Read more »

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South African AIDS Advocate Achmat Begins Antiretroviral Drug Treatment; TAC Rolls Out AIDS Drug Program

South Africa's leading AIDS advocate Zackie Achmat yesterday announced that he has started taking antiretroviral drugs, which he had previously refused to do until the government committed to a national treatment plan, AFP/Yahoo! News reports (... Read more »

Lack of Medical Staff Hindering AIDS Drug Treatment Programs in Africa, Tobias Says During Indiana Univ. Conference

A lack of medical personnel is hindering antiretroviral drug treatment programs across Africa, U.S. Ambassador Randall Tobias, head of the State Department Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator , said on Sunday at the opening of an Indiana... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

AIDS Treatment Group Says Drug Charges High

Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation has filed suit against Johnson & Johnson, accusing the world's largest health products company of failing to provide federally mandated discounts for drugs used by the non-profit to treat people with... Read more »

U.S. Healthcare Group to Provide Free AIDS Drug Treatment in Cambodia

In a statement today, the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation said it is working with the Cambodian government to provide free antiretrovirals (ARVs) for HIV/AIDS patients. Up to 3,000 patients will benefit from the program in the coming... Read more »

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HIV/AIDS drugs saved my life!

Posted by bradford

HIV/AIDS drugs saved my life!

From the time I was told I had six months to live by an AIDS specialist in 1985, I learned from other people infected with HIV and included supplements and complementary therapies. These kept me healthy and were... Read more »

U.S. Issues Warning on Use of Anti-AIDS Drug

Posted by Anonymous

Reuters 1/4/01

Atlanta -- Health-care workers who take nevirapine after possible occupational exposure to the AIDS virus risk potentially life-threatening side effects from the anti-AIDS drug, federal health officials said on Thursday.

The Centers for... Read more »

AIDS Treatment

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

AIDS Drugs May Cause Other Illnesses Research* Strokes and coronary disease are linked to powerful protease inhibitors, some doctors suspect.

By JANE E. ALLEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

The powerful drug cocktails that have enabled AIDS patients to live... Read more »

Questionaire on AIDS and Treatment For HS Biology

Posted by thom26

Hello,
My name is Thomas Nesbitt and I am doing an extensive research project for a senior biology class on HIV/AIDS. I am looking for people preferably with AIDS, but if you just have HIV currently, it is perfectly fine. Any response helps. Please... Read more »

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