Table of Contents: AIDS Treatment News - 1997
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AIDS Treatment News 285: December 19
AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Index, 1997 (Numbers are issue numbers, not page numbers); New York: One-Day Treatment Information Forum, January 17; San Francisco: Eviction Legislation Protects Some with Major Illness; Adefovir Dipivoxil (PREVEON(TM)) Expanded Access Begins; 1592 (Abacavir): Do Not Rechallenge After Hypersensitivity Reaction; New Approaches to HIV Treatment: Interview with Robert Gallo, M.D.;
AIDS Treatment News 284: December 5
December Deadline for Charitable Giving and Tax Relief; Correction: FORTOVASE Information Number for Patients in Washington D.C. Area; Press Must Register Now to Cover February Retroviruses Meeting; December 29 Deadline; FDA Reform Signed into Law; Revised Federal Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines; New AIDS Bookstore on World Wide Web; Protease Inhibitor Failure Trial: Combination 1592, 141W94, and Efavirenz; Protease Inhibitor Information: FDA Fact Sheet Available; Major AIDS Institute Inaugurated in San Francisco; FDA Approves New Kind of Lymphoma Treatment; New Meeting on Immune Surrogate Markers, Baltimore, January 9-11; Viral Immunology Advances Suggest Treatment Strategies
AIDS Treatment News 283: November 21
Geneva Conference Deadlines: Time to Start Planning; Treatment in Developing Countries: New UNAIDS Pilot Program; Drug-Resistant Herpes: Cidofovir Gel in Limbo. Interview with Jay Lalezari, M.D.; HIV Resistance Testing: More Questions Than Answers; 1592 Access: Larger Program Planned; FORTOVASE Approved: New Saquinavir Formulation
AIDS Treatment News 282: November 7
AIDS Service Organizations: Accountability Issue Surfaces in San Francisco; Qigong Exercise Program Airing in Los Angeles Area; Tape Available; AIDS Dementia: 1592 Now More Available; Expanded Access to Experimental Drugs: Activists Seek More Open Programs; HIV Research Overview: Interview with David Ho, M.D.;
AIDS Treatment News 281: October 17
Money, Foundations, and the Public Agenda: Investigative Articles Available; Telephone Conference on HIV Treatment Developments, Oct. 30; Telephone Conference on Resistance and Cross- Resistance, Nov. 5, 1997; International Conference on AIDS Wasting, Nov. 16-19, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Linezolid, New Antibiotic Studied for MRSA, Available for Compassionate Use; Delavirdine Combination and Viral Load; Long-Term Strategies: Should Some Patients Wait to Start Protease Inhibitors? Interview with Keith Henry, M.D.; ICAAC: Online Summaries Available; ICAAC Newspaper Headlines Misleading on Protease Inhibitor Failure
AIDS Treatment News 280: October 3
HMOs and Quality Care for HIV -- Interview with Stephen Becker, M.D. Part 2 of 2 ; "Poppers"--Annotated Reference List Available ; ADAP, Research, and Prevention Funding, and Needle Exchange, Facing Decisions Now in Congress: Your Calls Important ; Pregnant Women Eligible for Single-Dose Nevirapine Study ; Unused Drugs Sought for Donation Abroad ; 37th ICAAC Conference, Toronto, Sept. 28 - Oct. 1 ; Fifty Volunteer for Live-Vaccine Trial
AIDS Treatment News 279: September 19
IDSA '97: Excellent Medical Summaries on Tape ; IDSA '97: What It Did Right ; IDSA '97: Conference Without Activists ; T-20: Entirely New Antiretroviral ; Efavirenz (SUSTIVA, Formerly DMP-266) 48-Week Data Announced ; Efavirenz (SUSTIVA) Expanded Access Begins October 1 ; Engineered Virus Targets HIV-Infected Cells: Interview with Garry Nolan, Ph.D.
AIDS Treatment News 278: September 5
Virologic Failure; Managed Care; Treatment Rejectionists; Medical Research: GLMA Achievement Award ; Activism: * Internet Training; * San Francisco Workshop; * Needle Exchange Sept. 17; * California Prison HIV Care ; Adefovir Dipivoxil Trials: CD4 100-500, Protease Inhibitor Naive ; DMP 266 Trials Recruiting, Many Cities -- Protease Inhibitor Naive ; Retroviruses Conference Deadlines: Community Press, Scholarships, Nov. 3; Abstracts October 3, Late-Breakers January 5 ; HMOs and Quality Care for HIV -- Interview with Stephen Becker, M.D. -- Part 1 of 2
AIDS Treatment News 277: August 15
Consensus Letter: Peter Duesberg ; AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Must Increase Prices ; 1998 Retroviruses Conference: Deadlines Available Soon ; IDSA Annual Meeting, September 12-16, San Francisco ; San Francisco: Changes at Conant Medical Group ; Taxol Approved for Kaposi's Sarcoma ; Protease Inhibitors' Metabolic Side Effects: Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Blood Sugar, and "Crix Belly." Interview with Lisa Capaldini, M.D.
AIDS Treatment News 276: August 1
Federal AIDS Policy Issues Today ; Returning to Work: Articles on Social Security Rules ; 1592 Adult Compassionate-Use Program Announced
AIDS Treatment News 275: July 18
World Wide Web AIDS Medical Information; Pediatric 1592 Compassionate Use Program Begins ; Pediatric Trial of 141W94, Vertex Protease Inhibitor ; Health Insurance More Available: Federal Legislation Effective July 1
AIDS Treatment News 274: July 4
AIDS CARE Newsletter ; Internet Free Speech Upheld ; AmFAR Will End Support of CBCT Network, Begin New Clinical Program ; National Summit Meeting on HIV Resistance, July 17 -- By Telephone ; HIV Resistance International Meeting: Summary on Web; Half-Day Meetings in San Francisco and New York ; Saquinavir: Major Study Shows Survival Benefit in Treatment-Naive Patients ; Major Pediatric Study Stopped Early: Combination Treatment Better ; New Standard of Care for HIV Disease
AIDS Treatment News 273: June 20
1592: Protests on Small Access Program ; Protease Inhibitors: FDA Warns Doctors of Diabetes Risk ; FDA Explores New Antiretroviral Trial Designs: Interview with David Feigal, M.D.
AIDS Treatment News 272: June 6
Research Conference Calendar - June 1997 - 1998 ; Viral Load in Clinical Trials: FDA Advisory Committee Meeting July 14-15 ; Limited Immune Recovery After Treatment with Antiretrovirals, IL-2; Interview with Clifford Lane, M.D.
AIDS Treatment News 271: May 16
California: ADAP Program Adds Cidofovir, Nevirapine, and Nelfinavir ; AIDS News on the World Wide Web: AEGIS (http://www.aegis.com) and Others; AIDS Internet: Treatment Information Online Introduction to a Series; Indinavir (Crixivan(R)) Becoming Available at Many Pharmacies ; 1592: Small Distribution Programs Begin June, July ; Clinical Trials and Viral Load: Statement for FDA Community Meeting May 16
AIDS Treatment News 270: May 1
Medical Marijuana: Questions Raised on San Francisco Raid; Medicaid -- AIDS Impact of Proposed Cuts; 1st National AIDS Malignancy Conference -- Online Summaries Available from April 28-30 Meeting; HIV Vaccines Need to Be Developed: Interview with Sam Avrett, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative ; FDA Community Meeting May 16: Clinical Trials and Viral Load; CMV Retinitis, Newly Diagnosed: RS-79070 Trial in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Durham, Houston, Irvine, Los Angeles(?), Miami, Montreal, New York (3 sites), San Diego, San Francisco (3 sites), Toronto, and Washington; CMV, RS-79070: Community Concern As Major Drug's Development Suspended
AIDS Treatment News 269: April 18
Meetings Calendar for May 1997; AIDS/HIV TREATMENT DIRECTORY -- Mailing Address; Medical Marijuana Wins Temporary Restraining Order; Medicaid: Vice President Gore Supports Early Treatment; ADAP Drug-Assistance Programs -- Funding Projections; Standard Treatments for HIV, Spring 1997; PMPA -- First Human Results ; Nelfinavir Combination Therapy: Ten-Month Report; Delavirdine (Rescriptor) Approved
AIDS Treatment News 268: April 4
San Francisco Help Wanted: Outreach to Minorities, Women for AIDS Trials ; AIDSWATCH '97: Advocacy in Washington, April 13-15 ; Action Alert: Coburn Bill; Costa Rican PWAs Seek Treatment Access - No Success in Roche Negotiations ; NAC, Glutamine, and Alpha Lipoic Acid; New AmFAR Directory: Best Quick Reference for Mainstream Treatments
AIDS Treatment News 267: March 21
AIDS Treatment Activism: Focus on Service ; It's Time to Approve More Surrogate Markers; SPV-30: FDA Stops Distribution Over Advertising ; Acetylcarnitine: Call for Information ; HIV InSite: University of California AIDS Web Site ; Ritonavir: New Approval for Children ; Nelfinavir (VIRACEPT(R)) Approved: Fourth Protease Inhibitor Available
AIDS Treatment News 266: March 7
San Francisco: Cattle Grazing, Reservoirs, and Cryptosporidiosis; Protease Inhibitors: Major Study Stopped When 3-Drug Arm Proves Superior ; AIDS Survival: First Drop in Total Deaths in U.S.; Larger Drop in France ; Glutathione-Depleting Drugs: Petition to the FDA ; Stanford NAC Study: Glutathione Level Predicts Survival
AIDS Treatment News 265: February 21
Medical Marijuana: Followup on THC Toxicology Report; Medical Marijuana: New Nationwide Poll Shows 2-1 Public Support; Retroviruses Conference Information: Tape Sales; Email Access ; New York: ACT UP 10-Year Anniversary -- Activist Conference Mar. 22-23, Wall Street Demo March 24 ; New York: "Management of the HIV-Infected Patient," March 7-9; San Francisco: 9th National AIDS Update Conference, March 18-22 ; Drug-Related Neuropathy: Low Acetylcarnitine Levels Found ; ABT-378: Abbott "Second Generation" Protease Inhibitor ; DANGER: Possibly Fatal Interactions Between Ritonavir and "Ecstasy," Some Other Psychoactive Drugs; Nelfinavir - Major Trial Results at Retroviruses Conference ; Fewer AIDS Deaths and Illnesses: New Information
AIDS Treatment News 264: February 7
Retroviruses Conference Excludes People with AIDS, Researchers, Physicians; Non-Approved Liver Treatments: Call for Information; Protease Inhibitor Failures: Call for Information; Acyclovir-Resistant Herpes: Expanded Access Available for Cidofovir Gel (FORVADE(TM)); Opportunistic Infections: Major Report Available; GS 840 (Adefovir Dipivoxil): Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Trial, CD4 Count Under 100; Low Vitamin B-12 Blood Levels Associated with Faster Progression to AIDS; Retroviruses Conference: Where to Get Information; Retroviruses Conference Overview: Consolidating the Advances
AIDS Treatment News 263: January 17
Activist Groups and PWA Coalitions, U.S. and Canada; Updated January 1997; Medical Marijuana: Unpublished Federal Study Found THC- Treated Rats Lived Longer, Had Less Cancer; Retroviruses Conference: Where to Find Reporting on the Internet; Nelfinavir: Agouron Announces Expanded Access for Children, a Major New Trial, and Enlarged Expanded Access for Adults; 1997 Outlook
AIDS Treatment News 262: January 3
AIDS Conference Information on the Internet -- How to Present It; Retroviruses Conference: Daily CME Reports Available on World Wide Web; Hundreds Turned Away from National Retroviruses Conference in January

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