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Fusion and Attachment Inhibitors

Note: Several fact sheets describe drugs that are being tested against HIV: Fact Sheet 410 : nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (nukes) Fact Sheet 430 : non-nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs or non-nukes) Fact Sheet 440 : protease inhibitors Fact Sheet 470 : other antiretroviral drugs in development Fact Sheet 480 : immune therapies These drugs have not been approved by the Food and Drug...

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natural fusion inhibitors

Hello Carol,My brother is a person who follows and uses a wide variety of natural nad alternative therepies. He is HIV negitive I am HIV positive. (I have been on combo therapy for 8 yrs and have had the usually literny of complications and side...

Response from Carol Salisbury, APRN-BC, MSN

Michigan State University College of Nursing

Hi David in La, I am definitely supportive of alternative therapies such as massage, relexology, yoga, aroma and some herbals. I have little knowledge of silver suspensions for HIV treatment. I do not advocate drug holidays due to the NIH study... Read more »

Fusion Inhibitor and Cosmetic Surgary

If i am taking T20 and added regimen would their be a problem if they perform a Tummy Tuck on me well the reason i ask you is because you inject at the skin level tissue level and tummy tucks are in the tissue area and well i take it in my sholder...

Response from Carol Salisbury, APRN-BC, MSN

Michigan State University College of Nursing

Hi,T-20 also called Fuzeon is injected in the fatty tissue (subcutaneous or "sub-q") in your abdomen and also in your thighs, back of arms and can be injected in the flank or "love handles". A tummy tuck should not deter from... Read more »

fusion inhibitors

Is there a pill form of any fusion inhibitors coming soon?...

Response from Don Kurtyka, ARNP

University of South Florida School of Medicine

Fuzeon is the only fusion inhibitor currently approved by the FDA. Fusion inhibitors are part of a bigger classification of drugs called entry inhibitors which also includes attachment inhibitors, CXCR4 inhibitors and CCR5 inhibitors. There are... Read more »

Fusion inhibitors

I would very much like to know if fusion inhibitors are going to produce loss or fat acumulations like protease inh., and if the new Tenofovir has more of these kind of side effects than other transcriptase inhibitors. Thank you...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

T-20 (the only fusion inhibitor in wide use) has not been associated with lipodystrophy yet. Since it works extracellularly there is hope that some of those problems associated with unwanted activity of a drug inside cells might be avoided. It... Read more »

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Fusion Inhibitor News?

Posted by Anonymous

Does anyone know if the fusion inhibitor trials (phase III) are going OK, or where to go for an update? Last I heard 700 patients in 100 countries were in the study for T-20(?)
I went to the Trimeris site and didn't see anything new.

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lipodystrophy from protease inhibitors

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I have known about my HIV+ status now for 6 years, and God has blessed me with continued good health. I have accessed all the major medications, plus vitamins to help fight the disease. Once I started taking the new protease inhibitors, I started... Read more »

Protease Inhibitors - Hemophilia bleeds

Posted by akcol

Hi, my fiance is a Long Term NonProgressor - 24 years positive, co-infection HCV, with severe Hemophilia A.

This is a question for the gentlemen with Hemophilia please.
We're requesting any input about any Hemophilic PI increased unusual bleed... Read more »

Entry Inhibitors

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone know anything about the new entry inhibitors? I think Pfizer and Schering both have drugs in development. Should we be hopeful? Read more »

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