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"Smart Bomb" RNA Molecule Could Take Out Drug-Resistant HIV

Researchers have engineered an RNA molecule to block freely circulating HIV as well as replication inside infected cells. Tests in mice engineered to be susceptible to HIV showed the chimeric RNAs reduced HIV-1 replication by several orders and... Read more »

Researchers Use Technique to Identify, Generate Molecules for Microbicide Research, Development

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio have used a technique called phage display to identify and generate molecules for use in microbicide research and development, according to a study presented Monday at the 15th Conference on... Read more »

Sugar Molecule Can Protect Against HIV, Study Finds

A sugar molecule called the Pk blood group antigen might provide a defense against HIV, according to a study published last week in the journal Blood , Toronto's Globe and Mail reports. Researchers from Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and... Read more »

Ask the Experts

What do you think of the report of a drug which attacks HIV in its hiding place?

Can you give your opinion on this:Ottawa researchers at the Ottawa Hospital announced this week that a naturally occurring protein can reduce the level of HIV to undetectable levels in dormant cells that hide from other drugs. The team tested a...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

The research you describe is both promising and sound. In the Nov. 15th issue of Journal of Virology, the group you mentioned describes the ability of the above protein to reduce the amount of HIV to undetectable levels in latently infected cells.... Read more »

HIV DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS AND TOXIC? WHEN NEW DRUGS!!!!

Hello Dearest Experts, Although it may be true that Hiv Meds might prolong progression to ARC (Aids Related Complications) it seems that the current medicines out to treat the disease are deliquent and inconsistent in allowing patients who spend...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Dear Craig-We do indeed need a new generation of antiretrovirals that are less toxic and maybe we are just starting to see this happen. But, I will tell you, I am a glass half full kind of guy. In my early HIV career I did research on CMV retinitis... Read more »

street drugs - adverse side effects with hiv drugs

My Friends and I are going to palm springs in October, we are planning to take an ecstasy. We rarely take the drug and don't plan to make a habit of it. None of use are taking Protease Inhibitors; but all of us take Sustiva and viramune along...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

Well, sorry to hear its been a bad year... and hope you have a good time. Without too much regret the next morning...As for drug interactions -- the expected interactions between either Sustiva or Viramune would be to decrease the level by some... Read more »

street drugs adverse side effects with hiv drugs.

Dr Bob,My Friends and I are going to palm springs in October,we are planning to take an ecstasy.We rarely take the drug and don't plan to make a habit of it.None of use are taking Protease Inhibitors; but all of us take Sustiva and viramune...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Guys,Hopefully you were at my talk on Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll the other night. We covered this topic in detail. I would be delighted to review that information with you but we are devoting this forum exclusively to issues of fatigue and... Read more »

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Do any drugs affect HIV test results?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I am taking valium for anxiety and recently had a negative HIV test. Could taking valium have compromised the HIV test results? Read more »

iv drug user hiv hep c syphillis

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

If you had sex with iv drug user would it take longer to show up hiv positive? Could you go into neurosyphillis within months
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search for HIV/AIDS drugs

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Search for HIV/AIDS drugs by just leaving your computer on.
See FightAIDS@home for details.

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HIV/AIDS drugs saved my life!

Posted by bradford

HIV/AIDS drugs saved my life!

From the time I was told I had six months to live by an AIDS specialist in 1985, I learned from other people infected with HIV and included supplements and complementary therapies. These kept me healthy and were... Read more »

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