Opinion Survey on U.S. Drug-Approval Process: Study Seeks Volunteers

Persons with AIDS or ARC or who are HIV-positive can participate in a survey of attitudes and opinions toward the FDA and the new-drug approval process in the United States.

This study began as an undergraduate project by Kenneth James and Ira Nydick at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, but it has gone well beyond the usual student project. Assistance is being provided by the AIDS Center at the University of California Los Angeles, where most of the research will be conducted. AIDS organizations which assist in the study will receive a copy of the results.

You can participate by filling out a three-page anonymous questionnaire. To obtain a copy, write to: AIDS Study, c/o Professor Ruth Smith, Humanities Dept., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609.


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AIDS Treatment News reports on experimental and complementary treatments, especially those available now. It collects information from medical journals, and from interviews with scientists physicians, and other health practitioners, and persons with AIDS or ARC.

Long-term survivors have usually tried many different treatments, and found combinations which work for them. AIDS Treatment News does not recommend particular therapies, but seeks to increase the options available.

We also examine the ethical and public-policy issues around AIDS treatment research.