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...Burroughs Wellcome Company, of Research Triangle Park, N.C., which produces AZT, asked for FDA authorization for large scale clinical testing of the drug after controlled trials showed that it is beneficial to AIDS patients who have recovered from one or more bouts with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia...
...AZT's manufacturer will make the drug available free of charge to most AIDS sufferers who have had the pneumonia within the last 120 days, the company said...
Patients at the Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel and Massachusetts General Hospitals also participated in the original AZT trials and will continue to administer AZT, spokesmen said...
...AZT proves equally effective in the new larger tests, the FDA may approve it as a prescription drug by the end of the year, said Brad W. Stone, an FDA spokesman. The FDA has made AIDS drugs a top priority, expediting their approval, Stone said...
...addition to its benefits, AZT can cause substantial side effects, such as severe headaches and anemia, which results from the supression of blood cell production in the bone marrow. The long-term effects of AZT are unknown...