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Open to patients and clinicians Date: Wednesday, July 12 Time : 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Place: Lovett Inn ( https://www.lovettinn.com/main.php ) Speakers: Dr Shannon Schrader and Nelson Vergel TOPICS: 1- Updated review of HIV pipeline products 2- How to best maximize the effects of Prezista, the newly approved protease inhibitor for multi-protease resistant virus […]

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Prezista (TMC 114, a new protease inhibitor) got approved by the FDA today. I have a few comments for those wishing to start this drug. First, avoid virtual monotherapy at all costs, if you can. Virtual monotherapy means adding a new drug to a failing regimen to which your virus has developed resistance. This approach

AIDS first identified 25 years ago 05:52 PM EDT on Monday, June 5, 2006 For Nelson Vergel, remembering the early days of aids is difficult. “All my friends from the ‘80s are dead, the early ‘90s are dead.” He was only 25 in 1985 when he found out he was HIV positive. “Back then we

I took the liberty to re-publish this great article written by Lady Bunny, an entertainer, in Genre Magazine( June 2006.) I think she has a point. “… what we gays can learn from this whole immigration debacle: Organization. No matter what side of the debate you fall on, one thing is clear about those immigrants:

Gang Some of you have emailed me to ask me about my opinions lately on the most popular options for facial reconstruction. I have been following this field for almost 7 years now and my opinions have evolved with time. I have realized that there is place for each of the facial reconstruction products in

JUNE 6 6:00 PM Free Dinner Artserve Auditorium located at 1350 EAST SUNRISE BLVD. Fort Lauderdale (Broward County Library Building right next to the auto dealers & Holiday Park) Topics: How to qualify for a free wellness program in Ft Lauderdale,Upcoming new HIV medications and Clinical Trials,Exercise, body composition and HIV,The effects of Alcohol and

As AIDS Drugs Fail Thousands, ‘Salvage’ Is Key By MARILYN CHASEMay 3, 2006; Page B1https://online.wsj.com/article/SB114660908687541895.html Steve Kovacev, a sinewy 52-year-old from Truro, Mass., has run the Boston Marathon and sailed in the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Neither event comes close to his current competition: a race for his life. Mr. Kovacev

ugsFrom a Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) press release: Appeals Court Rules that Terminally Ill Patients Have ‘Fundamental Right’ to Experimental Drugs (Abigail Alliance v. Eschenbach) WASHINGTON, May 2, 2006-In a major victory for the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled today that terminally ill patients

I just found out about the death of Gary Bischop, one of the first patients that I was able to help in the past two months to convince his doctor to advocate for his access of TMC 114 and TMC 125. Gary wrote me a nice testimonial in salvagetherapies.org about his ordeal and how full

For those of you trying to get on two active drugs…. You can get TMC 114 in expanded access. It is taking about 3 weeks to get it if the doctor knows the process. No T cell limit but your doctor has to prove that you have multi drug resistance. Three hours of paper work.

Consensus Statement on the Pricing of TMC114 /DarunavirApril 17, 2006 TMC114/darunavir will soon become Tibotec’s first licensed drug for the treatment of HIV disease. It is likely to be the first of several important anti-HIV drugs from Tibotec. To date, the HIV/AIDS community’s relations with Tibotec have been exemplary as the company has shown an