Being Alive Newsletter, Being Alive/Los Angeles - August 1993 Mark Katz, MD and reported by Jim Stoecker
Cryptosporidiosis and microsporidiosis are two of the causes of chronic diarrhea in people with AIDS. To date, we have had no really successful treatment available for either condition. Now the AIDS Clinical Trials Group is developing two treatment studies. ACTG 192 will study paromomycin (brand name Humatin) as treatment for cryptosporidiosis and ACTG 207 will look at albendazole as treatment for microsporidiosis. These studies are in development and may not be underway for several months. Meanwhile, people suffering from these conditions might consider use of these drugs.
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