In article <6vqhr5$kc5 at dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>,
George M. Carter <gmc0 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>johnburgin at worldnet.att.net wrote:
>>>>In any event, speaking of dementia, it was your idiotic statement that
>>>people now were taking LESS than the former commonly prescribed dose.
>>>I gave you a study, I can give you others, ergo, it wasn't idiotic.
However, this study does not in any way reflect prescribing practices
today. Most physcians who are not HIV specialists (who may not know
that dosages of 600 mg/day are clinically equivalent) probably go
to treatment guidelines. For example
Carpenter CJ, Fischl MA, Hammer SM, Hirsch MS et al "Antiretroviral
therapy for HIV infection in 1997; updated reccomendations of the
international AIDS society-USA panel" 1997 JAMA:277 1969
Bartlett JG, Fauci AS et al "Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral
agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents" (developed by the panel
on clinical practices for treatment of HIV infection convened by the US
DHHS and the Henry J Kaiser family foundation) Widely disseminated
included in 1997 MMWR, and most reference texts after 1997.
If some GP somewhere is just flying by the seat of his/her pants,
and does not refer to the guidelines, it is probable that they would
at least read the package insert, which also recommends 600 mg.
Can you provide _any_ references that _anybody_ besides persons with
HIV encephalopathy are being prescribed higher doses?
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Carlton
