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...mentioned that the "cocktail" of protease inhibitors and other antiviral drugs can cost up to $20,000 a year.Why don't pharmaceutical companies produce these drugs in massive quantities, as the demand is surely there? The cost would be brought down to much more reasonable figures. The whole of Africa, not to mention the rest of the Third World, is in desperate need of these antiviral cocktails. Do not forget Africa. JACQUES ALBELDAS Johannesburg...
Although Ho's protease-inhibitor "cocktail" is a springboard for hope in the war against AIDS, some people may unfortunately start to believe the pandemic is history. Not only can less than 1% of the HIV-infected population worldwide get access to the high-priced treatment, it may also prove ineffective in late cases of full-blown AIDS. Fanatical faith in the proposed cocktail could lead to further complications in the battle against HIV. Right now we need to be armed not only with the physiological remedies but also with a spiritual infrastructure. Call it spiritual healing, shamanism, palliative care...
Across town, some 20 heavily armed Tupac Amaru militants still hold 74 hostages--including Fujimori's brother--inside the Japanese ambassador's residence, which they seized in a stunning raid on a gala cocktail party Dec. 17. Their main demand: the release of 450 comrades imprisoned in holes like Castro Castro. Turning to the reporters from Time he has taken into the prison, Fujimori waves his hand at the cells. "How do you expect me to negotiate with violent criminals like these? I can't let these people go. Never...
...York City as an example of the architect Le Corbusier's work. Driving past the U.N. this summer, I noted the characteristic window-walls and boxy shape. I was proud to have learned something useful in a Core class; I now had an erudite factoid for future cocktail-party...
...there are AIDS patients concerned that today's medications will somehow make their bodies less responsive to better ones tomorrow. "There are 18 new treatments in the pipeline," says Teresa Nieves, 30, an AIDS patient in Brooklyn, New York, who wouldn't take the three-drug cocktail her doctor prescribed. "What I fear is that using this concoction will disqualify me for more promising ones...