Subscribe to:
• POZ magazine • E-newsletters
POZ Personals Sign In / Join
Username:
 Password:

Back to home » Archives » POZ Magazine issues



Table of Contents



Jagged Little Pills

Happy Feet

Bunny Business




Playing the Percentages

Soul Survivors

B Careful

In the Running

Seeing Double

Write of Passage

Salad Daze

From Here to Paternity

Summer Share




Papa, Can You Hear Me?

Outside Chance

Send Us the Bill

Climb Every Mountain

Farewell Tour

Hot Dates-June 2007

Agent Provocateur

Mixed (Up) Media

Another AIDS Movie for Philadelphia

Say What?!-June 2007

Attention, K-Y Shoppers

The Next Best Thing to Being There

Getting Crafty

Baggage Claim




Editor's Letter-June 2007

Mailbox-June 2007

Catch of the Month—June 2007


Most Talked About

AIDS: Not a Heterosexual Disease? (46)

The Greatest Gay Rights Battle of Our Time (Blog) (19)

Lambda Legal Responds to HIV Spitting Conviction (19)

Ready to Quit? The Risks and Rewards of a Potent Smoking-Cessation Drug (17)

Mandatory HIV Tests Before Marriage? (15)

Most Popular Lessons

Herpes Simplex Virus

Syphilis & Neurosyphilis

Shingles

The HIV Life Cycle

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

Treatments for Opportunistic Infections (OIs)


emailrssprint

June 2007


In the Running

by Laura Whitehorn

New drugs and whole new class wowed in the 2007 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Here’s news to use, of meds new and old:

  • More than ten years after the discovery that HIV is best treated by combining several different drug classes, a new med class—integrase inhibitors, hereby christenedinnies—joins the treatment arsenal of nukes, non-nukes, protease inhibitors (PIs) and entry inhibitors (EIs). Integrase inhibitors stop HIV from packing its DNA into immune cell genes. Closest to an FDA OK—possibly later this year—is Merck’s Isentress (MK-0518) currently available through expanded access.
  • Maraviroc, Pfizer’s entry inhibitor pill, should hit pharmacies by fall.
  • Fosamax (aka alendronate), a drug that slows bone thinning, works safely for positive people (many of whom experience osteoporosis and osteopenia). Taking Fosamax plus calcium and vitamin D fortifies bone density betterthan calcium and D alone.    

emailrssprint

[Go to top]
Get Started
Get Answers
What to do if you've just been diagnosed
How to find a support system
Things you should know before starting treatment
How to handle side effects and other concerns
How to tell someone you have HIV/AIDS

Talk to Us
Weekly Poll
Question: Do you believe that teachers and school administration need to know if any of their students are HIV positive?
Yes
No
Monthly Poll
Question: Which of the following best explains why the AIDS epidemic is disproportionately affecting the African-American community?
Early prevention campaigns were geared toward gay white men
Since HIV is considered manageable, people are less concerned about contracting it
A history of social inequality--institutionalized racism, sexism, classism and homophobia
African Americans' disproportionate access to health care and treatment
Denial/stigma around HIV/AIDS
Mainstream hip-hop's lyrics that perpetuate a culture of unprotected sex and disrespect of women.
Surveys
Do you think shopping for HIV-related products is a form of activism?

How do you see America's place in the global AIDS epidemic?

more surveys  
[ about Smart + Strong | about POZ | POZ advisory board | partner links | advertise/contact us | site map]
© 2008 Smart + Strong. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use and Your privacy