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AIDS And HIV Therapy
Prednisone Ineffective Against Nevirapine-Induced Rash
November 19th, 2001
by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Prednisone should not be used to treat rashes induced by the HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitor nevirapine, researchers in Spain warn. "Rash is the most frequent adverse event associated with nevirapine," according to Jose M. Miro, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, and colleagues in a multicenter study. "The use of prednisone has been controversial in this setting." The controversy was for good reason - prednisone actually appears to worsen nevirapine-induced rash, according to Miro and coworkers. They evaluated the safety and efficacy of prednisone in 75 nevirapine-treated patients, 39 of...
Source: AIDS Weekly (2001-11-19)
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