AmFAR HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory Available
The 300-page HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory (volume 11, number 1, winter 2001), is available without charge from AmFAR (the American Foundation for AIDS Research) in New York.Major sections include:
* treatments for HIV infection (listed alphabetically within each of three categories, FDA-approved drugs, experimental agents, and immune-based therapies);
* treatments and treatment results for opportunistic infections;
* articles on current issues: "Muscle, Fat, and HIV," "Nucleoside Analog Toxicity," and two articles on treatment in Uganda, and in a separate section, "The Shifting Pattern of Opportunistic Illness";
* actively recruiting clinical trials;
* the U.S. treatment guidelines for adults and adolescents, pediatric guidelines, and guidelines on prevention of opportunistic infections. [The adult guidelines were recently changed, after this edition of the directory had gone to press. So the adult guidelines, pages 91-103 of volume 11 number 1, are not current and should not be used; the current guidelines are available at http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ or by mail from HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service, P.O. Box 6303, Rockville, MD 20849-6303. A new edition of the treatment directory with the current guidelines should be published around June 2001.]
* information on understanding your lab results;
* a directory of state ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program) phone numbers;
* a directory of pharmaceutical company patient assistance programs;
* an index to manufacturers, arranged alphabetically by drug name;
* newsletters and other treatment information resources; and
* the "HIV Experimental Vaccine Directory."
You can obtain a printed copy of the HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory from American Foundation for AIDS Research, 120 Wall St., 13th Floor, New York, NY 10005, phone 212-806-1600, or email txdir@amfar.org. An online version of the directory is available at (website no longer available)
