(ATDN) Treatment Briefs: d4T (Zerit) and Children

(ATDN) Treatment Briefs: d4T (Zerit) and Children

Treatment Review No. 23 - December 1996

A recent study comparing d4T to AZT in children has found that d4T seems to work just as well or slightly better. The children in this study were young, with an average age of just over a year old. The study concluded that d4T caused less neutropenia, a side effect of AZT that lowers the white blood cell count. The study also concluded that there was some evidence that d4T caused better weight gain, and that T4 cell counts were better maintained in children on d4T. The study was too small to notice any differences in disease progression.

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