HIV/AIDS Treatment
Drugs donated by AIDS patients in U.S.helps prolong lives worldwide
Published in Drug Law Weekly, June 29th, 2004
From Mexico to Mauritania, India to Iran, patients in poor countries have to piece together drug cocktails helping to prolong their lives using HIV and AIDS pills donated in the United States.
Americans give away their pills after they switch medications or while taking physician-encouraged drug holidays. Others are donated by friends and family members of U.S. patients who die.
U.S. authorities won't take back unused drugs once they have been prescribed...
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Source: Drug Law Weekly (2004-06-29)
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