Do I Need To Take Bevirimat

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Study May Point Way Forward for Bevirimat

A study presented at the joint 2008 ICAAC/IDSA in Washington, DC may help point the way forward for development of Panacos' experimental maturation inhibitor, bevirimat. The study, presented by Dr. Jay Lalazari, found that genetic variations in HIV... Read more »

Bevirimat (PA-457)

Brand Name: Copegus, Rebetol, Virazole --> Clase de medicamento: Infecciones oportunistas y otros El PA-457 es un tipo de medicamento llamado inhibidor de la maduración. Es el primer medicamento de esta clase que se estudia para el... Read more »

An Overview of PA-457

Brand Name: Copegus, Rebetol, Virazole --> be-VEER-ih-mat Other Name(s): BVM, PA 457, PA-457, PA457 cpd Drug Class: Opportunistic Infection and Other Drugs Bevirimat is a type of medicine called a maturation inhibitor. It is the first... Read more »

Ask the Experts

How good is this new hiv drug ???

Hi Dr Keith, how good is this new hiv drug ????thank you for your timeRossPanacos Pharmaceuticals announced yesterday that it has sold its first-in-class HIV maturation inhibitor bevirimat to Myriad Genetics, a biotechnology company that is also...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Bevirimat has shown moderate activity for the treatment of HIV infection including for virus which is resistant to the current HIV meds. Development is still early. For most HIV practices in US the currently HIV medications are usually working... Read more »

cd4

I had 2 cd4 and viral load of 600.000..cd4 now of 243 and viral of 534...I was doing very well for 2 year...Now I back to 10 cd4 and viral load hight..I have ben on all the drug..Andthing new out there? Fromm Toronto thank you...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,My advice would be to see your HIV specialist and get a resistance test (genotype and phenotype). This will help your doctor select your best treatment option. Several new drugs have recently been released, including an integrase inhibitor... Read more »

Few Questions about Meds

Hello doctor !I have a few questions about HIV HIV-Meds and experimental therapies.1. If a Person was in high risk, would ,lets say 10 days after exposition a PCR deetct HIV compounds in blood? How accurate is PCR (also in percent)?2. What is the...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Mario,Great qusetions:1) HIV PCR is usually positive in 2-3 weeks, so 10 days is a reasonable time. PCR is very sensitive, but may show a "false positive" redaing if the level is low. This is why we generally do not use the PCR for making... Read more »

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