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New Drugs For Aids

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New drug for Aids Wasting Disease

I would like to learn more about Serono's new drug, Serostim. How does it differfrom the growth hormones on the market now and what are it's advantages over them? Is it reimbursable? Is it readily available? What clinicals are out there?...
Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

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

Harvard Medical School
Somatotropin (Serostim) is recombinant human growth hormone, which was just approved by the FDA. It is generally given by subcutaneous injection at a dose of 4 to 6 mg per day for 12 weeks, depending on body weight. It is generally well-tolerated,... Read more »

New KS Treatments; anything new from the Barcelona AIDS conference

Hiya Dr. Dezube, I was just wondering what new treatments where proposed at the AIDS Conference... 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... Read more »
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

New Drug Surprises AIDS Experts With Its Effectiveness

The new protease inhibitor darunavir is significantly better than other medications in attacking drug-resistant HIV, according to a new study. Darunavir, whose trade name is Prezista, last year received an accelerated federal approval that required... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

New AIDS Drug, New Abbott Rival

At this week's 48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Washington, a head-to-head study of two AIDS drugs found Johnson & Johnson's Prezista is "non-inferior" to Abbott Laboratories' Kaletra. About 10... Read more »
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

New Mexico AIDS Drug Assistance Program Faces $1.3 Million Shortfall for Current Fiscal Year

New Mexico's AIDS Drug Assistance Program is facing a $1.3 million shortfall in its budget for the current fiscal year that ends June 30, and officials may have to institute a waiting list for the program, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports (Davis,... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Pfizer Includes Papua New Guinea on AIDS Drug Program

On Monday, Pfizer Australia announced that Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been included in its Diflucan Partnership that supplies the anti-fungal medication to countries on the World Health Organization's list of the 50 least-developed nations. The... Read more »
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STOP AIDS Project's New Campain

Posted by BabyPeanut, 2 Replies
Click here to see it --> HIV Is No Picnic.

What do you think? I think it is benefical for people to realize that HIV disease is not as easy as Magic Johnson tries to make it look on TV.


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"AIDS's Surprising New Target"

Posted by mbee22
http://women.msn.com/779366.armx?GT1=4200

Georgianna Perez begins every day as many mothers do, rousing her son and getting him off to school before setting out on her four-mile walk at the local park. It may seem ambitious, though not so remarkable,... Read more »

NEW HIV/AIDS TREATMENT

Posted by MICA_INC
SEEKING CLINICAL TRIALS SPONSORSHIP & VOLUNTEERS

We are trying to get HIV Groups & Organizations, Medical and Pharmaceutical Institutions, and Universities and the Medical & Scientific Communities aware, informed and interested in MM-1,...
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NEW HIV/AIDS TREATMENT

Posted by MICA_INC, 2 Replies
SEEKING CLINICAL TRIALS SPONSORSHIP & VOLUNTEERS

We are trying to get HIV Groups & Organizations, Medical and Pharmaceutical Institutions, and Universities and the Medical & Scientific Communities aware, informed and interested in MM-1,...
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