HIV/AIDS Research

New drug offers promise as a single treatment for HIV

Published in AIDS Weekly, January 1st, 2007

An experimental antiretroviral drug designated as MK-0518 rapidly achieves sharp reductions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) levels, and may offer the prospect of single-drug treatment for patients with HIV infection, according to a Rapid Communication in a recent issue of JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

If the good results are borne out by further studies, "MK-0518 should clearly be a welcome addition to the existing treatment options for those persons infected with HIV-1," concludes the new study, led by Dr. Martin Markowitz of The Rockefeller University, New York.

Thirty-five previously untreated patients with...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2007-01-01)

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