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Although a huge amount of money and time has been spent on HIV research, a cure for it has still not been found. Since new discoveries are constantly reported in the media, it is difficult to keep information current but for the benefit of our visitors have included the information below.
Approved drugs and treatments
At the time of writing this page, the list below were approved drugs and treatments available for the management of the virus and related diseases.
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Abacavir |
Ziagen |
Glaxo Wellcome |
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Agenerase |
Amprenavir |
Glaxo Wellcome |
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Alitretinoin |
Panretin gel 0.1% |
Ligand Pharmaceuticals |
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Amphotericin B Liquid Complex |
Abelcet / ABLC / Ambisome |
The Liposome Company |
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Atovaquone |
Mepron / 566C80 |
Glaxo Wellcome |
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Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole |
TMP-SMX |
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Azithromycin |
Zithromax |
Pfizer, Inc. |
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Cidofovir |
Vistide / HPMPC |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
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Clarithromycin |
Biaxin / Klacid |
Abbott Laboratories |
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Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex |
MAC |
Accelerated Approval |
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Daunorubicin-liposomal |
DaunoXome |
Nexstar |
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Delavirdine mesylate |
DLV / Rescriptor |
Pharmacia Upjohn |
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Didanosine |
DDL / Dideoxyinosine / Videx |
Bristol Myers-Squibb |
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Doxorubicin hydrochloride-liposomal |
Doxil |
Sequus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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Dronabinol |
Marinol |
Roxane Laboratories |
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Efavirenz |
Sustiva |
DuPont Pharmaceuticals |
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Erythropoietin |
EPO / Epogen / Procrit |
Amgen |
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Famciclovir |
Famvir |
SmithKline Beecham |
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Fluconazole |
Diflucan |
Pfizer, Inc. |
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Fomivirsen Sodium Injection |
Vitravene intravitreal injectable |
Isis Pharmaceuticals |
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Foscarnet |
Foscavir |
Astra Pharmaceuticals |
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Ganciclovir |
IV and oral - Cytovene / DHPG |
Syntex |
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Ganciclovir |
Implant - Vitrasert |
Chiron Corporation |
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Indinavir sulfate |
Crixivan / IDV / MK-639 |
Merck & Co. |
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Interferon Alfa2b |
Intron-A |
Hoffmann-La Roche |
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Itraconazole |
Sporanox |
Janssen Pharmaceutical |
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Lamivudine |
Epivir / 3TC |
Glaxo Wellcome |
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Lamivudine/Zidovudine |
Combivir |
Glaxo Wellcome |
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Megestrol acetate |
Megace |
Mead Johnson Laboratories |
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Nelfinavir mesylate |
NFV / Viracept |
Agouron Pharmaceuticals |
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Nevirapine |
Viramune / BI-RG-587 |
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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Paclitaxel |
Taxol |
Bristol Myers-Squibb Pharmaceutical Institute |
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Pentamidine |
Aerosolized - NebuPent |
Fujisawa |
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Rifabutin |
Ansamycin / Mycobutin |
Adria Laboratories |
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Ritonavir |
Norvir / ABT-538 |
Abbott Laboratories |
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Saquinavir mesylate |
Fortovase (soft gel capsule) / Invirase (hard gel capsule) / SQV |
Hoffmann-La Roche |
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Somatropin rDNA |
Serostim |
Serono Laboratories |
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Stavudine |
d4T / Zerit |
Bristol Myers-Squibb |
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Sulfamethoxazole |
Trimethoprim |
Glaxo Wellcome |
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Trimethoprim |
Sulfamethoxazole |
Hoffmann La-Roche |
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Trimetrexate glucuronate |
(with Leucovorin) / Neutrexin / TMTX |
U.S. Bioscience |
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Zalcitabine |
ddC / Dideoxycytidine / HIVID |
Hoffmann-La Roche |
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Zidovudine |
Azidothymidine / AZT / Retrovir / ZDV |
Glaxo Wellcome |
Questions that you were to afraid to ask
Please remember - if you have any question regarding your health, or are concerned about the possibility of having this disease, please discuss it with your health practitioner.
Laboratory testing is still the preferable way to test for HIV infection, since it is done in a clinical setting, but should you be concerned about your status after reading any of the facts about HIV infection you could look at our Aids home test kit which is a quick "Rapid" type of test to do initial screening and to ascertain the presence of antibodies. For more on information, please click here.
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