Amid all the bad publicity for AZT, acyclovir (or Zovirax, as it is known by brand name) is Wellcome's big success story. This anti-viral drug inhibits a variety of human herpes viruses, including herpes simplex type 1 (cold sores), type 2 (genital...
The supposedly best hope for AIDS sufferers, zidovudine (AZT), has been shown to have no effect in delaying the onset of the disease in healthy HIV positive people and does not improve their chanc ...
The use of zidovudine (AZT) to combat AIDS and HIV may be causing mutations of the HIV virus which are resistant to the drug. ...
A widow is planning to sue drugs giant Wellcome, claiming that its anti AIDS drug AZT killed her HIV positive husband. ...
The anti-AIDS drug AZT (Retrovir) is suddenly being pushed as a treatment for preventing HIV-positive mothers from passing on the condition to their unborn children. ...
Vitamin C can reverse heart disease and is more effective against HIV than the drug AZT, delegates at a London conference on nutrition were told. They also heard that birth defects are linked to ...
Several studies and reports have cast doubt on the effectiveness of AZT (zidovudine) as an anti AIDS drug, particularly in the early stages of the disease. ...
Dr Mohammed Ali Al-Bayati is a toxicologist and pathologist whose California-based company, Toxi-Health, investigates the toxicity of chemicals and prescription drugs in the environment and the workplace,
In the world of medicine, the old conundrum which comes first, the chicken or the egg? has transformed into: which comes first, the disease or the medication? This is most apparent in AIDS diagno ...
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