An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
August 31st, 2012
“PEARLS” Study a Massive, Impressive Accomplishment
One of the most frequent criticisms of randomized clinical trials of HIV therapy is that certain patient groups — in particular gay men — are over represented compared to the HIV population as a whole. For example, in the recently published and presented clinical trials of the Quad and dolutegravir, women accounted for < 20% of […]
January 22nd, 2012
Generic Lamivudine Has Arrived
An e-mail from a patient last week: Just got refills. Epivir is now generic??? Refill is simply labeled Lamivudine Tablets by Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc …but made in India. Should I be concerned about that??? John I told John (not his real name) not to be concerned — he is merely substituting the generic for the […]