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...development," says medical writer Christine Gorman. "It is not a cure, but it is clearly a way for people stay alive longer. Scientists are finding that combining drugs is a very effective way to treat some very serious diseases, like AIDS and cancer." The treatment, which combines the drugs AZT and either DDI or DDC, was tested on some 3,000 patients in Europe and Australia...
Another major tenet of the group is that AZT, the nucleoside analog drug commonly used to treat AIDS, is poisonous...
...AZT is a tremendously toxic substance that was used for cancer chemotherapy in the 1960s," Thomas says. "It was rejected because it was too toxic. Under a lot of pressure by AIDS groups it was put on the market...
Several new studies were released indicating that giving HIV-positive patients a combination of powerful drugs may be the best way to combat AIDS. The double wallop of AZT and an experimental new drug, 3tc, effectively put off the appearance of drug-resistant strains of the AIDS virus in infected individuals by as much as one year (patients treated with AZT alone encounter resistance within a few months). Together the drugs also kept the extent of the infection in check while allowing the body to boost its complement of virus-fighting immune cells. More studies are needed to determine whether...
Although promising research is needed to AZT will percent transmission of AIDS