Acquired immune deficiency syndrome treatment drugs

Amphotericin B is the drug of choice for treatment of acute C. neoformans meningitis. Amphotericin B, 0.5 to 1 mg/kg/day, combined with flucytosine, 100 mg/kg/day, is more effective than amphotericin alone. In the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) population, flucytosine is often poorly tolerated, causing bone marrow suppression and GI distress. 

Metzer DS, Woody GE, McLellan AT, O Brien CP, Druley P, Navaline H, De Phillipis D, Stolley P Abrutyn E (1993). Human immunodeficiency virus seroconversion among intravenous drug users in- and out-of-treatment an eighteen month prospective follow-up. Journal of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 6, 1049-56... 

I 9. One of the first drugs to be approved for use in treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was azi-dothymidine (AZT). Complete the Lewis structure of AZT... 

Between 1975 and 1992, the FDA used a five-category rating scheme of therapeutic importance Type AA Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Designation Drug is for the treatment of AIDS or AIDS related disease. 

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