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Anti-retroviral Drugs
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TAKING ANTI RETROVIRAL DRUGSTested and found HIV positive with a CD4 count of 525. Why are the doctors refusing to place me on treatment? Why do they wait until a CD4 count is less than 200. Why can't they start treatment when they discover that a person is HIV...
Response from Keith Henry, M.D.
University of Minnesota, School of Medicine
For patients with a stable CD4 count > 500 and no symptoms, the risk to become ill from AIDS over a three year period is close to 0%. In that setting a patient may be more likely to have a side effect from treatment or develop resistance...
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Anti Retroviral TreatmentWhat is th difference between ART's and HAART's? Please expain... Read more »Epilepsy & Anti-retroviralsHave there been any studies of the drug interaction between anti-retoviarals, i.e. Truvada &... Read more »
Articles
Coverage of the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)Defining the "Down Low" New Antiretroviral Agents Current Antiretrovirals Metabolic Complications HCV Therapy Conclusions References Defining the "Down Low" The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) is the premier... Read more »
India's Decision to Adhere to International Patent Regulations Could Limit Access to Medicines, Including HIV/AIDS DrugsIndia has become the "premier drug provider for the developing world" by producing generic versions of some of the world's most effective medicines, including antiretroviral drugs, but the country's decision to adhere to international patent... Read more »
Ethiopian Health Officials Warn Public Against Counterfeit Antiretroviral DrugsSmugglers in Ethiopia are illegally importing drugs and passing them off as antiretroviral medications, Ethiopian officials said on Monday, warning the public not to buy the drugs, Agence France-Presse reports. "Illegally imported drugs of... Read more »
Thailand Will Maintain Compulsory Licenses for Kaletra, Efavirenz, Despite Companies' Drug Price Reductions, Health Minister SaysThailand will maintain compulsory licenses for Abbott Laboratories ' antiretroviral drug Kaletra and Merck 's antiretroviral Efavirenz, despite both companies' decision to reduce the cost of both drugs, Thai Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla said... Read more »
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U.S. Issues Warning on Use of Anti-AIDS Drug
Posted by Anonymous
Reuters 1/4/01Atlanta -- 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 » Early HIV Treatment Failure Linked to Didanosine/T
Posted by TwinsDad, 1 Reply
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 23 - The combination of the antiretroviral agents didanosine, tenofovir, and efavirenz is associated with a high virological failure rate in treatment-naive patients with HIV, British investigators report.Dr. Desmond... Read more » See,I told you HIV replicates a cell's DNA TO RNA
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The below is plagerized from Gallant ( the guru!)I know that the present antiretroviral medications do not actually kill the virus. However, if the medications inhibit the virus from reproducing, doesn't the virus die by... Read more » DUDE'S NEWS
Posted by DUDE
The below is plagerized from Gallant ( the guru!)I know that the present antiretroviral medications do not actually kill the virus. However, if the medications inhibit the virus from reproducing, doesn't the virus die by itself after a couple of days?? Read more »
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