AZT is "toxic" … year … nobody calls zidovudine "AZT" since 1980s, except for AIDS-dissidents. ❋ B.S. Weary (2008)
Some countries - notably South Africa - are loath to buy or distribute low-cost drugs, such as zidovudine and nevirapine, that have been shown to slash the risk of mother-to-child transmission through birth or breast-feeding by up to two-thirds. ❋ Unknown (2000)
Like the earliest anti-HIV drugs such as zidovudine (AZT), introduced 10 years earlier, these block enzymes vital for viral multiplication. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Therefore countries should progressively phase out the use of stavudine as a preferred first-line therapy option and move to less toxic alternatives such as zidovudine (AZT) or tenofovir (TDF), WHO recommended. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The WHO recommended "that countries progressively phase out the use of stavudine as a preferred first-line therapy option and move to less toxic alternatives such as zidovudine
Among the new discounts announced Monday is a $66-a-year price for a combination treatment for children based on zidovudine, a staple of AIDS treatment. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Treatment options include a one-month course of zidovudine (AZT) during the last weeks of pregnancy or a single dose of nevirapine during delivery followed by a single dose to the infant within 72 hours of birth. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Expectant mothers were also treated with a cocktail of zidovudine and didanosine from week 36 of their pregnancies until one week after delivery. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Combivir made by Britain's GlaxoSmithKline PLC contains lamivudine and zidovudine. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Although some individuals maintain that treatment with zidovudine (AZT) has compounded the AIDS epidemic (Duesberg, 1992), published reports of both placebo-controlled clinical trials and observational studies provide data to the contrary. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Researchers in Thailand found that a four-week course of zidovudine, also known as AZT, the first antiretroviral drug approved for the treatment of HIV, could reduce transmission rates by 50 percent. ❋ Nicole Itano (2007)
Both groups also took a short course of a fourth drug, zidovudine, better known as AZT. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Aspen's package includes one pill that is the generic equivalent of Combivir made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC of the United Kingdom and contains two drugs, lamivudine and zidovudine. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Health at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, assessed the standard nevirapine (NVP) regimen against a combination of NVP and zidovudine (ZDV) among HIV-positive mothers and their infants at six clinics in Blantyre, Malawi. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Tshabalala-Msimang said the new version, that contained lamivudine and zidovudine as well as nevirapine, better addressed the management of opportunistic infections associated with HIV and ❋ Unknown (2004)
GlaxoSmithKline will continue manufacturing zidovudine and larnivudine in Kenya, Mwatu said. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Cosmos Ltd. will be able to manufacture zidovudine and larnivudine, as well as a combination of the two, for sale in ❋ Unknown (2004)
At a meeting on July 2, the MCC recommended that nevirapine and zidovudine (AZT), previously approved for monotherapy in PMTCT, only be used in combination therapy. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Duovir is the name of a product that combines the ARV medicines zidovudine (AZT) and lamivudine in a single tablet. ❋ Unknown (2004)
This infection path can be blocked if the mother takes an antiretroviral like nevirapine or zidovudine, which are being offered for free to African countries by their manufacturers. ❋ Unknown (2002)
