Year: 2009

Nelson Vergel: Going Beyond Survival A leading advocate’s thoughts on getting the most out of lifeby Jeff BerryIn 1986 Nelson Vergel was only 27 years old when he learned he had HIV. At the time, he wasn’t sure he’d make it to 30, let alone to one day see 50. At the recent Retrovirus conference …

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Contact: Lynda Dee: 410-332-1170 Fair Pricing Coalition Press Release FPC NEGOTIATES FOR PATIENT ASSISTANCE AND CO-PAY PROGRAMS Washington, DC, April 1, 2009 – The Fair Pricing Coalition (FPC), which was founded by the late Martin Delaney of Project Inform, is a national coalition of activists who work on HIV drug pricing issues and who help …

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The DAD study presented controversial data on increased cardiovascular risks caused by Kaletra, Lexiva and Ziagen

4 mg a day of rosiglitazone produced a gain of fat under the skin of 900 grams versus 300 grams in placebo in patients not taking zerit or azt after 48 weeksInsulin resistance improved. No weight gain. It is not known if rosiglitazone will increase cardiovascular risks in poz people as it has in hiv …

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Gilead is developing a booster than can do what Norvir does to boost drug levels. It seems that 150 mg of their booser may be equivalent to 100 mgIt seems that it may be more lipid friendly than norvir. No data on gut side effects were presentedThey are using it in their quad formulation of …

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By Dr ChaissonTB has decreased a lot in AfricaTreating poz patients who have TB with HAART and TB treatment (rifampin)at the same time works best to improve survival.Immune reconstitution disease in those with HIV and TB is a strong factor in complications. Those with cryptococal meningitis and hiv have higher mortality with immune reconstitution.Prednisone is …

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Richard Chaisson from John Hopkins presented survival and mortality data.There is a direct relation between economic development and mortality. Haiti has the highest mortality rate in the americas and argentina, the us and canada have the lowest.Head, esophagus, anal lung and bladder cancers have increased in poz patientsFactors involved are immune defficiency, inflammation, pro coagulation …

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Dr richard koup reviewed where we are in vaccines. Vaxgen, the merck vaccine and the canarypox vaccines were not succesfulThree trials were stopped in 2007. The STEP trial showed that those with pre existing exposure to adenovirus ad5 had a higher infection rates on the vaccine versus placebo. Those infected were also mostly uncircumcised. Those …

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Dr Gonzalez also explained that immune activation may also have a worse effect on the brain than the virus itself. Activated infected monocytes penetrate the blood brain barrier .People with high LPS (lipopoly saccharides that come from a leaky gut) in their blood had higher dementia also.