1. Although the drug cocktails are helping tens of thousands of infected people live longer and better, there is uncertainty about their long-term safety. 2. Also, not all AIDS patients can tolerate the drug cocktail or receive positive effects. 3. A modest effort to identify suppliers of cheap drug cocktails for AIDS and recommend dosages, for instance, has led to substantial gains against the disease in Africa. 4. Ads for the potent drug cocktails that can keep the virus in check began appearing about a year ago. 5. After contentious discussion, the authors decided against publishing recipes for lethal drug cocktails. 6. But many doctors believe the balance of evidence will shift in favour of early medication with drug cocktails. 7. But studies show that the drug cocktails do not cure HIV, and when infected people stop therapy, the virus rebounds, making lifetime therapy necessary. 8. Clive Loveday, a virologist at the Royal Free Hospital in London, says that HIV eventually bounces back from the assault of the new drug cocktails. 9. Creating such drug cocktails could lead to adverse effects. 10. Donovan credited a family environment and drug cocktails with keeping the children alive. |
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