(ATDN) Salasalate for HIV


(ATDN) Salasalate for HIV

Treatment Review #16; January 1995

One of the symptoms of HIV infection is inflammation. Aspirin is known to help reduce inflammation. But aspirin has side effects that may be harmful to someone who is HIV+. Aspirin can cause bleeding of the stomach lining and, if you are already having trouble digesting food, or have an infection in your stomach, that's the last thing you want. A newly opened trial will study salasalate for the treatment of HIV infection.

Salasalate is related to aspirin but doesn't have the same effects on the stomach lining. Participants in this trial will be divided into two groups. One group will be treated with the study drug. The other group will be treated with placebo. Neither the doctor nor the participant will know which treatment is being given. Participants will take study drug or placebo twice a day. Visits to the clinic will be every other week for the first two months, and once a month after that until the end of study.

To participate in this study, you must be HIV+. You may not take aspirin, or other non-steroidal anti- inflammatory agents during the study. The study site is in New York City. Call The Network for more information. Please don't take aspirin on your own without consulting your doctor. You can also call the Project for Aspirin Research and Education at (310) 659-6965 for more information about aspirin's side effects and its potential as a treatment for HIV.


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