Word: cocktailing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What happened? Like those of thousands of AIDS patients, Puck's prospects have been dramatically changed by a new class of drugs called protease inhibitors. Used with a "cocktail" of older antiviral medications, the new drugs have demonstrated that AIDS can be held at bay--at least for a while. Puck began his treatment in August, and his symptoms have already gone into remission. The hope is that AIDS will eventually be transformed into a manageable, chronic disease like diabetes. No one knows yet how long the protease-inhibitor reprieve will last, but its effects have already been far-reaching...
...addition, too many patients who could benefit from the cocktail treatments aren't getting them. The drugs are expensive (annual cost: $12,000 to $20,000) and in short supply. That puts them out of reach for millions of people in the developing world, as well as for large numbers of underinsured patients in the industrial world. Tens of thousands of Americans are scrambling to pay for the drugs any way they can--through private insurance policies, Medicaid payments, sometimes even Visa and MasterCard. One resourceful patient in Georgia collected drugs from the leftover supplies of deceased friends...
Vaughn Pinkett, 33, of Miami, learned firsthand just how debilitating some of the side effects can be. He was riding a bus two weeks after starting the cocktail therapy when his legs began to twitch violently. "I felt like I was plugged into an electrical socket," Pinkett recalls. "It was like someone had two knobs--one heat, one vibration--and they just kept turning up the volume." After a few minutes, he regained control of his legs. Fortunately, the spasms haven't returned, and Pinkett, whose treatment is paid for by Medicaid, has regained both his energy and his appetite...
...alumni cocktail reception attended by President Neil L. Rudenstine was held last night to celebrate the work of the Organization...
...sharp contrast to the black tie cocktail gatherings of many final clubs, Sigma Chi rush events have included Monday night football, some informal dinners, a movie night and a not-for-money poker evening...