An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
December 22nd, 2010
Holiday Hafnias
Some items to consider in HIV/ID world as you dig into your salmonella-free holiday bird: Drug label change for stavudine (d4T): The label no longer has recommendations for dose-reduction in case of peripheral neuropathy, and cites data more strongly linking d4T use to lipoatrophy. The strategy of decreasing the dose to reduce d4T toxicity hasn’t made […]
July 10th, 2009
Time for a Switch? What Actually Happened
A couple of months ago, I presented these three clinically stable, virologically suppressed patients — and asked if they should switch treatment: 50 year old man on ABC/3TC, EFV since 2000. No renal disease. Hyperlipidemia, on atorvastatin 80 mg a day. Father died of an MI age 48. 63 year old man, on EFV + LPV/r […]