A new game plan.

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A new game plan.

Posit Aware. 1997 Jul/Aug;8(4):41-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/97702776
Cox S; Clearinghouse, AIDS Newsletter Database, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD; 20849-6003. 800-458-5231 ext. 5714. A fee will apply.

Abstract: The Office of AIDS Research (OAR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the US Public Health Service (PHS) assembled committees to recommend a new standard of treatment for HIV infection. Treatment guides designed in response to the recommendations are provided. The guides include recommendations for viral load and T-cell count testing; the signs, symptoms, and treatment of primary infection; treatments for established HIV infection; risk of progression by T-cell and viral load categories; benefits and risks of early treatment; treatments to use when beginning therapy; treatments for previously treated patients, regimens for patients who have failed treatment; and treatments for pregnant women.

Keywords: *Anti-HIV Agents/THERAPEUTIC USE *HIV Infections/DRUG THERAPY *HIV Protease Inhibitors/THERAPEUTIC USE *Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors/THERAPEUTIC USE
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