Now online at AIDS Treatment News:

*** New Fixed-Dose Once-a-Day Starting Regimens: Interview with Cal
Cohen, M.D.
A leading AIDS physician looks at the advantages and disadvantages
of once-a day treatment with two new fixed-dose combinations of
previously approved drugs, for patients who are first starting
antiretrovirals.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/10/cohen-fdc.html

*** Depression: Louganis and Allen to Speak at Forums in New York, and
San Francisco Oct. 27
Diver Greg Louganis and actor Chad Allen spoke in New York at a
public forum to raise awareness of depression in the gay community.
They will speak again in San Francisco.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/10/louganis-allen2.html

*** Warning Against Using Erythromycin (Even Orally) While Using
Protease Inhibitors or Certain Other Drugs
A study of medical records found that combining the antibiotic
erythromycin with strong inhibitors of the liver enzyme CYP3A increased
the risk of sudden death from cardiac causes -- probably by abnormally
raising the blood levels of erythromycin.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/10/erythromycin-warning.html

*** Kaletra Monotherapy Controversy: AmfAR Publishes Overview
The possibility of using Kaletra alone for selected patients instead
of three or more antiretrovirals has led to controversy among HIV
physicians, reviewed in a short article published by the American
Foundation for AIDS Research.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/10/kaletra-monotherapy.html

*** Access to NIH-Funded Research Information -- Public Comment Period
to November 16, 2004
The U.S. National Institutes of Health has proposed making reports
of NIH-funded research freely available six months after their
commercial publication. We show why this proposal is a step forward but
far from a solution to the problem. We also refer readers to a
micropayment idea we developed that might ease some of the remaining
problems.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/10/access-nih.html

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John S James
AIDS Treatment News
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