That fact has recently been highlighted by the NIH. If I were a person with HIV-AIDS or who had love with those identified as most likely to have the disease, I would be very frightened: ************************************************* NIH Halts International AIDS Study By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer Wed Jan 18, 6:43 PM ET WASHINGTON - A major international study of a drug-conserving AIDS therapy has been halted because patients trying the on-again, off-again strategy got sicker than those who never took a break from the high-powered drugs, U.S. researchers announced Wednesday. The study had enrolled more than 5,000 HIV patients in 33 countries before it was abruptly stopped by the National Insbreastutes of Health after a routine safety analysis. Researchers concluded that those who took their medicine only when their immune systems waned were more than twice as likely to get sicker or die as people who took the drugs every day. The finding is a blow to AIDS advocates who had hoped that drug-conserving therapy would reduce side effects � and save money on the expensive medications, particularly in the world's poorest countries, where AIDS is skyrocketing. ED CONRAD HUMBLY APOLOGIZESI am saddened to reveal I have just been served legal papers informing me I am being sued for slander and defamation of character. I just can't understand it. I have... "All around, it's disappointing news," said Jose Zuniga, president of the International buttociation of Physicians in AIDS Care. (...)
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