Treatment News Archive

1999 | 1998 | 1997

See also: Treatment News Databases: 2001, 2000

1999

Simply Medical: Medical Roundup (December 1999)
Flu vaccines, ABT-378 "early access" program, PMPA access programs, lactic acidosis and Agenerase warning.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
What's New in Treatment Information? (December 1999)
Excerpts from Hotline Memos of November 1999.
From Project Inform
Odds and Ends (December 1999)
HIV/AIDS news from women.
In WISE Words, from Project Inform
Treatment News: Expanded Access Program for ABT-378 Under Way (November 1999)
[Archived Article]
Triangle Pharma Coactinon combo may suppress HIV.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
HIV & AIDS Treatment Registry Database: Public Registry Now Online (September 3, 1999)
From AIDS Treatment News
Treatment News: Treatment Interruption Consequences Unknown (September 1999)
[Archived Article]
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) May Detect Drug Failure (September 1999)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
To Treat or Not To Treat ... When That Is The Question (September 1999)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Is AIDS Getting Its Second Wind? (September 1999)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Structured Treatment Interruption Workshop (September 1999)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
The Fine Line Between Education and Marketing (September 1999)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
A Warning and A Promise (August 1999)
From Project Inform
August 1999 Treatment Chronicles (August 1999)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
The Younger Generation of Protease Inhibitors (August 1999)
[Archived Article]
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
What's New in Treatment & Policy (July 1999)
From Project Inform
Interrupting HAART; Hydroxyurea; Five+ Drug Therapy -- Report from the RIGHT Conference (May 7, 1999)
[Archived Article]
From AIDS Treatment News
Introduction to the Nutrition and HIV Infection Conference (April 22-25, 1999)
In The 3rd International Conference on Nutrition and HIV Infection, from The Body PRO
A Killer Strategy Against HIV (April 13, 1999)
In JAMA HIV/AIDS Newsline
Pulsed Therapy and Structured Interruptions of Treatment (April 1999)
[Archived Article]
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Options for First Line Therapy (April 1999)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Report from the HAARTland (April 1999)
[Archived Article]
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Class-Sparing Treatment Therapies (April 1999)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
April 1999 Treatment Chronicles (April 1999)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Intermittent HIV Therapy (Spring 1999)
[Archived Article]
In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Treatment Briefs (March 1999)
HAART's success in the real world; the antiviral agents associated with HCG; long term survival and CD8 cell virus suppressor factors.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
March 1999 Treatment Chronicles (March 1999)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Hold the Protease, Please (Spring 1999)
[Archived Article]
News about protease-sparing combinations, at the 6th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
The AIDS Race (February 10, 1999)
[Archived Article]
Can new drugs keep up with the wily virus?.
In The Village Voice
Top Ten Treatment Stories of 1998 (February 1999)
From San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Stopping Your HAART? (February 1999)
From Seattle Treatment Education Project
Absence Makes the HAART Grow Fonder (February 1999)
[Archived Article]
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
10 Big AIDS Stories (Plus One Tribute) (February 1999)
A look at 1998
By Mark Katz, M.D., in Positive Living newsletter.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
The Life and Times of HIV: New Infections Continue While Super Strains of HIV Grow (February 1999)
From Seattle Treatment Education Project
Treatment Chronicles, January 1999 (January 1999)
What's new in treatment.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Treatment Chronicles, February 1999 (February 1999)
What's new in treatment.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project

1998

Successes and Limits of Immune Reconstitution (December 1998)
Selected from HIV: Advances in Research and Therapy.
From International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Strategy Update: Protease-Sparing Regimens (December 1998)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
HIV Care Delivery in the U.S. (November 13, 1998)
In The 36th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, from The Body PRO
Induction/Maintenance Strategy Failed in U.S., French Trials (November 6, 1998)
From AIDS Treatment News
A New Approach to Initial Antiretroviral Therapy: Protease-Sparing Combination Regimens (October 1998)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
HIV-Remission: The New Goal (September 1998)
From HIVplus
New Expanded Access Drugs for Use in Combination Therapy (September 1998)
From PWA Health Group
Surgery Savvy For PWAs (September 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
AIDS Treatment Fails Many Patients (August 22, 1998)
From Associated Press
HIV patients not getting recommended treatment -- A new survey finds many physicians don't follow current guidelines for treating the disease (July 20, 1998)
In American Medical News
Improving HIV Therapy (July 1998)
By John G. Bartlett and Richard D. Moore, from Scientific American special issue on AIDS.
AIDS Drugs Don't Match Hopes, Says UCSF Expert (June 17, 1998)
After two years of high hopes for new AIDS-fighting drugs, a letdown is likely at the upcoming international AIDS conference, a top expert warns
By Keay Davidson.
In The San Francisco Examiner
What's New? (June 1998)
Excerpts From Project Inform Hotline Memos of May 1998.
From Information Department of Project Inform
Delays in Obtaining Care Pose Risks to Patients and Community (June 1998)
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
Should the Treatment of HIV Infection Be Left to Specialists? (June 1998)
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
The Changing Natural History of HIV/AIDS in the Era of "HAART": Clinical Implications (May 2, 1998)
In The 8th Clinical Care Options for HIV Symposium, from The Body PRO
Antiretroviral Therapy: "The State of the Art" (May 1, 1998)
In The 8th Clinical Care Options for HIV Symposium, from The Body PRO
Gay Medical Association Issues Caution In Use of Viagra by Some Gay Men (April 30, 1998)
From Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
A Six-Drug Regimen Proves to be Surprisingly Effective in Heavily Pretreated Patients (April 1998)
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
A Response to the Current Difficulty in Obtaining Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) (IGIV) (January 28, 1998)
By Jay S. Epstein, M.D., Office of Blood Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration

1997

Revised Federal Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines (December 5, 1997)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Long-Term Strategies: Should Some Patients Wait to Start Protease Inhibitors? -- Interview with Keith Henry, M.D. (October 17, 1997)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Joan J., a Treatment-Naïve Patient Who Isn't Naïve About Treatment Options (October 1997)
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
Would-Be Eradicatee Looks Forward to Still Uncertain Future (September 1997)
Treatment activist on triple combination therapy offers his view of "The State of AIDS.".
From Treatment Action Group
How the Triple Combos Stack Up (Table) (August 1997)
From Treatment Action Group
Panel Embraces Maximum Viral Suppression as Goal of Therapy; Drug Company Bonanza Creates Headaches for Third Party Payers and AIDS Treatment Educators (June/July 1997)
A background report on the new NIH Principles of HIV Therapy.
From Treatment Action Group
HIV Therapies: "All Things Considered" Panel Discussion (June 1997)
In The 7th Annual Clinical Care Options for HIV Symposium, from The Body PRO
Peter S., an Extensively Treated Patient with a Rising Viral Load (April 1997)
What should you do when triple-drug therapy begins to fail? Three experts' recommendations.
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
Study Confirms that Protease Inhibitor Cocktail Can Delay HIV Disease Progression and Death (March 1997)
[Archived Article]
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Universally NO More Monotherapy (Spring 1997)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
1996 -- Year in Review (January 1997)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive