Ethics of Omission: AIDS, AZT and the Power of Denial
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Linda MacDonald Glenn
... HIV/AIDS pandemic have moved from arguments that HIV does not cause AIDS, to the widely publicized conviction that scientifically proven treatments for HIV/AIDS, specifically AZT, are ineffective and severely toxic. He is the founder of the Treatment Information Group (TIG), the engine of AIDS dissent in South Africa. It was Brink’s first manuscrip ...
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Nata Clinic took care of over 100 emergencies during the holiday!
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Pedro M.
Nata Clinic took care of over 100 emergencies during the holiday! Originally uploaded by natavillage.A new batch of AZT arrived at Nata Clinic today. Sr. Nurse Gaokwale and nurse midwife Sinyama are in charge of documenting all the AZT that comes into the clinic. Nata Clinic was very busy ...
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What happens when a physician ha ...
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Medical Quack
... n my favor, but freaking hell, I had just been badly stuck with a dirty needle carrying the blood of a critically ill AIDS patient.The only preventive option at that time was AZT, so I eagerly filled the prescription and started taking the medication five times per day, as directed. The GI side effects were so intolerable that I only lasted one wee ...
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Atripla - a once a day triple drug cocktail for HIV
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Dave W.
On March 19, 1987, the Food and Drug Administration announced that AZT had been approved for use as an antiretroviral drug, the first drug approved to combat HIV. This past week, the FDA made another, perhaps equally important, announcement r ...
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Face to Face with Lipoatrophy
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Nelson V.
... finition for lipodystrophy, there are many things that we have learned since then. One is the potential impact of nucleoside thymidine analogs like d4T (Zerit, stavudine) and AZT (zidovudine) on subcutaneous (under the skin) fat wasting. Studies in which patients were switched from these drugs to abacavir (Ziagen) or tenofovir (Viread) have produce ...
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More about the vax-autism link
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Carol Yeh-Garner
... ochondrial disorder" did not appear until after her vaccination. It is well-known that approximately 75% of mitochondrial disorders are caused by medications such as the drug AZT (for AIDS) or toxins. It will be the contention of Dr. Poling and his wife that the vaccines also caused her mitochondrial disorder.The national media is expected to be ou ...
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PMTCT program is a success in Nata
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Pedro M.
... s up from 60% just 5 years ago. It's an amazing success story and we are proud of Kehumile for the part she played in it. Pregnant women, who are HIV positive, start taking AZT at 24 weeks and then medication is given during labor and to the child right after birth. This program has been instrumental in giving children born to HIV positive mothe ...
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PMTCT is saving lives in Nata
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Pedro M.
... either through pregnancy, delivery, or breast feeding. Using the Nan is just one component in preventing transmission. Pregnant women who are HIV positive beginning taking AZT at 24 weeks of pregnancy and then are given drugs during labour to prevent transmission. The infant is also given medication after birth. We are finding that 95% of the ...
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Drugs for HIV
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Well Med
Here is a list of drugs and medications that are commonly prescribed to treat HIV: 3tc (lamivudine) Abacavir Amprenivir (agenerase) Antiviral agents Atripla Azt Bactrim ds Biaxin Combivir Delvaridine (rescriptor) Didanosine (ddi) Efavirenz Efravirenz (sustiva) Epivir Epzicom Fluconazole Foscarnet Fuzeon Ganciclovir I ...
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HIV and Anemia: An Overlooked Danger
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HealthCareFixers ..
... le, if someone's on a medication that causes the anemia, you have to look at how critical is that medicine. If it's an antiviral medicine that can safely be substituted, like AZT, you might just stop that medicine and substitute another one. If there's a patient with very, very advance HIV for whom AZT is one of the few drugs that still works, you ...
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