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Table of Contents

Fighting Femmes

The amfAR's new clothes

Warm Reception

White Smoke In Our Eyes

Hepatitis on the Block

High On Adherence

A Positive Campaign

Founder's Letter

Earthwatch: Generic Meds

On The March!

MILESTONES

THE PLOTS SICKEN

POZ Picks Gay Pride

Medi - Mess

How to Treat "Untreatable" HIV

Read It Or Weep

Live and Let Die?

Did Common Just Come Out?

Legal Eye

Quick Study

Why.....

Book nook

Mailbox

When Push Comes To Drag



What You're Talking About
House of Numbers, An AIDS Documentary (blog) (104)

Help Develop a National AIDS Strategy (46)

How Stigma Kills (21)

Obama Lifts HIV Travel Ban (16)

Positive Man Charged Under Anti-Terrorism Laws in Michigan Assault Case (8)
Most Popular Lessons

The HIV Life Cycle

Shingles

Herpes Simplex Virus

Syphilis & Neurosyphilis

Treatments for Opportunistic Infections (OIs)

What is AIDS & HIV?

Hepatitis & HIV


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June 2005


Hepatitis on the Block

• In February, the FDA approved Roche’s hepatitis C treatment—Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) plus Copegus (ribavirin USP)—for HIVers coinfected with hep C. Many coinfected folks have been using the combo (with cure rates ranging from 27% to 40% in studies) since its 2002 approval for hep C soloists.
• In a small study, Pegasys and methadone didn’t interact badly, so dose adjustments aren’t necessary if you’re taking both. Ribavirin hasn’t been similarly tested, but folks hip to hep C think it won’t mess with meth, either.
• In March, the FDA approved BMS’s Baraclude (entecavir) for hep B treatment. The FDA doesn’t say the drug is “indicated” for use in HIVers, but the label tells docs how to dose the med for B-bearing HIVers who have previously taken lamivudine (3TC). Baraclude remains to be studied in HIVers who’ve never taken 3TC. 


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