AIDS Therapy

Drug warning issued by Glaxo

Published in AIDS Weekly, June 3rd, 2002

Patients prescribed the AIDS drug Combivir should immediately make sure they got the right pills, the manufacturer says, after people in four states bought Combivir bottles that actually contained another AIDS drug called Ziagen.

The tampering could be dangerous, manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline warned May 10, 2002.

About 5% of people who take Ziagen can suffer potentially life-threatening allergic reactions - something patients thinking they were taking Combivir wouldn't have been warned about since that drug doesn't carry the same risk, the company said.

Another problem: Combivir provides HIV patients with two antiviral medications...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2002-06-03)

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