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Article: Side effects: greater threat than AIDS.(Treatment News)(Brief Article)
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- HIV Treatment: ALERTS!
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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Though HIV medications have dramatically improved the lives of persons with HIV, their side effects can be serious. According to a study in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (34:4, p. 379, 2003), an HIV+ person is more likely to have a serious or life-threatening side effect than an AIDS-related event. In this study, the number of serious or life-threatening side effects, AIDS-related events, and deaths were recorded for 2947 HIV+ patients taking HIV medications. The ...