Can A Person With HIV Take Serostim

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Side Effects from Serostim

I am a 33 year old male who has been living with HIV/AIDS for three years. My current counts are 450 tcell and non-detectable viral loan. I was on a combination of combivir and crixivan for an initial three year period and have only recently...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Those symptoms are seen in a subset of persons on growth hormone. Lowering the dose sometimes helps but there are a small minority of persons who appear sensitive to the bone pain/swelling that can be caused by growth hormone. We have been... Read more »

Serostim study still available?

Dr. Henry, in answering someone's question of Mar. 17, 2004, about using serostim, said that... Read more »

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Artefill/Serostim

Hi Dr. Pierone,I have one suggestion and one question.My suggestion is that you consider... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Second Lot of Counterfeit Serostim Surfaces, Serono Warns Customers

A lot of drugs labeled as Serono's AIDS-wasting medication Serostim (somatropin, rDNA origin), bearing the lot number MNH605A, is counterfeit, the Norwell, Mass.-based Serono said Friday. The company has sent notice to wholesale distributors,... Read more »

Wall Street Journal Examines Law Enforcement Officials' Efforts to Curb Black Market Sales of Serostim

The Wall Street Journal on Monday examined U.S. law enforcement officials' efforts to curb black-market sales of an AIDS medication "that has found an underground recreational use as a bodybuilding drug." Serostim, which is a growth hormone, is... Read more »

Serono Discussing Settlement Details of Federal Investigation Into Price, Marketing of AIDS-Related Drug Serostim

The Swiss biotechnology company Serono and federal and state officials are discussing details of an agreement that could settle a federal Department of Justice investigation into the company's sales and pricing practices of its drug Serostim,... Read more »

Investigators Might Examine Pricing Practices of Pharmacies That Sold AIDS-Related Drug Serostim, Court Papers Suggest

Pharmacies that sold Swiss biotechnology company Serono 's drug Serostim, which is used to treat AIDS-related wasting, might face federal inquiries, court papers suggest, the Boston Globe reports (Kerber, Boston Globe , 10/19). Serono on Monday... Read more »

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