NEW DRUGS AVAILABLE FOR HIV TREATMENT

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Forget what you've heard about treatment for HIV. HIV treatment in 2009 is a world away from what it was even two years ago. Important new medications and older, proven medications can now be taken less frequently with reduced side effects. Nonetheless, choosing HIV medications and determining when to begin treatment are big decisions. Fortunately, newly infected people not on treatment typically can go 10 years without a single symptom. This...

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When Are All These "Fantastic" New HCV Drugs Going to be Available?

I am 2b geno who did go to undetectable at wk 4, but then quickly relapsed when off RBV/INF Tx. That was 3 yrs ago, and I did get a histological benefit Stage 2+ back to a 1/2, w/ normal hepatic panels. Will these new antivirals be available for a...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

You ask an excellent question - one that will interest many people who read this site.Yes, most of the drugs are being first studied for genotype 1 infection...But now some data are emerging on the treatment of other genotypes. In fact, at the liver... Read more »

Availability of HIV meds in Mexico

First, thank you for this informative web site. I am 58 years old and considering moving to Merida, Mexico. However, I am wondering about the availability of HIV meds in that region (I am currently taking Atripla, with great results and in...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello, thanks to you for your question. I've asked my friend and HIV specialist colleague Dr. Jair Garcia from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon (Mexico) to assist with your needs.Here are his comments:"I want to share you that Mexico's social... Read more »

New HIV Treatment?

My friends tell me HIV drugs are toxic and that I shouldn't take them. I have been told to go tohttp://www.1l1wendsaids.org/science.html"Dr. Daviss serum, known as BB:7075, is a proprietary biological agent produced from immunized goat...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Teh website you listed did not work. I found the info you mentioned at http://discussions.ghanaweb.com/viewtopic.php?p=364030&sid=821f45f93f8602e159e1b0c8fde0aa8e.I do not know about this, how it is obtained or if it works. I suspect, perhaps... Read more »

new future hiv treatment

Hi Keith, l recently tested hiv pos and my world is not the same, l am a hetrosexuel man of 37 years old, my life was so happy before my hiv and know l dont know what to do but look up ways we can find a cure or better drugs with less side effects,...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

There is no cure for HIV on the horizon-that is the bad news (though smart researchers are working on that). The good new is that current drugs available in resource rich areas of the world work very well. hough more drugs are on the way we have... Read more »

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New York draws fire over case of drug-resistantHIV

Posted by Anonymous

Nature 433, 788 (24 February 2005)

New York draws fire over case of drug-resistant HIV

ERIKA CHECK

Rare, aggressive form of AIDS used to publicize dangers of unprotected
sex.

[WASHINGTON] A decision by New York health officials to announce the
detection... Read more »

New treatment approach to HIV: trial announcement

Posted by Anonymous

We've applied for patent protection on a novel treatment approach to HIV using existing medications already FDA-approved for other disease indications. We hope our approach will decrease infectivity by HIV virus, as well as delay progression to... Read more »

NEW HIV/AIDS TREATMENT

Posted by MICA_INC

SEEKING CLINICAL TRIALS SPONSORSHIP & VOLUNTEERS

We are trying to get HIV Groups & Organizations, Medical and Pharmaceutical Institutions, and Universities and the Medical & Scientific Communities aware, informed and interested in MM-1,... Read more »

NEW HIV/AIDS TREATMENT

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