Naltrexone Safety Note: Dosage Error
A typographical error in the October 1987 AmFAR Directory of Experimental Treatments for AIDS and ARC caused the recommended dose of naltrexone to be listed erroneously as "1.75 mg/kg". The intended dose was 1.75 mg per day. The erroneous dose was over 50 times too large and is potentially harmful.A photocopy of the section containing the error also went out (together with correct information) with material from
Project Inform.
Meanwhile Bernard Bihari M.D., the developer of the naltrexone AIDS/ARC treatment, has increased the recommended dose from 1.75 mg per day to 2.75 mg per day.
For complete instructions including all the corrections, contact Project Inform, (800) 822-7422 from outside of
California, (800) 334-7422 from within California, or (415) 928-0293 from anywhere.
source: AIDS Treatment News




