HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe October 2002 Contents Antiretrovirals US HIV community hold productive meeting with Schering-Plough on new anti-HIV entry inhibitors SCH-C and SCH-D Notes on Schering-Plough/HIV community meeting held August 28 2002 US FDA announces important changes in amprenavir product labelling Much lower dose of lamivudine needed for HIV-positive patients on dialysis Patients discontinuing HAART must be carefully monitored Treatment access Excitement over anticipated approval of T-20 is balanced by fears that it will be the most expensive HIV drug yet GlaxoSmithKline cuts drug prices to 63 countries Paediatric care Antiretrovirals have neurologic benefits in children Early data highlight ribavirin’s anti-adenovirus potential PK and drug interactions St John’s Wort interferes with chemotherapy, study shows Guidelines Updated recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States Drug resistance M184V is associated with decreased development of TAMs Other news Integrase inhibitors enter trials in human volunteers Antiretrovirals could stop HIV epidemic – optimism or realism? Dutch researchers theorise chimpanzees may have survived AIDS epidemic two million years ago Majority of HIV patients in San Francisco study use alternative medicines Early data find HIV patients do well with organ transplants Thai charity ditches V-1 Immunitor On the web ABC of psychological medicine: fatigue Initial antiretroviral therapy: further insights on when to start and what to use Antiretroviral therapy in treatment-experienced patients Update on lipodystrophy…or is it just lipoatrophy? Opportunistic infections and coinfections: focus on fungi and hepatitis XI International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop: basic principles and clinical implications; Seville, Spain July 2-5, 2002 Time for T CD4 cell depletion in AIDS: models for novel therapies FRAM study and lipodystrophy: lipodystrophy study presented at Barcelona and an interview with the study author Carl Grunfeld PDFs Volume 3 Number 8 October 2002 PDF HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe
