News tagged with drug acyclovir
Scientists learn why even treated genital herpes sores boost the risk of HIV infection
New research helps explain why infection with herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which causes genital herpes, increases the risk for HIV infection even after successful treatment heals the genital skin sores and breaks that ...
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Aug 02, 2009 |
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Use of certain antiviral drugs during pregnancy not linked with higher risk of major birth defects
An analysis of data from Denmark finds no associated increased risk of major birth defects for mothers who were exposed during the first trimester of pregnancy to the antiviral drugs acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir, ...
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Control of herpes symptoms does not reduce HIV transmission, international study found
Research from a five-year international clinical study shows that acyclovir, a commonly prescribed drug used to suppress symptoms of the herpes virus, does not affect HIV transmission by people with both viruses.
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Jan 25, 2010 |
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Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV transmission
A five-year international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment taken twice daily to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause ...
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Jan 20, 2010 |
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Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV transmission
A recently completed international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause of genital ...
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May 08, 2009 |
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Herpes drug inhibits HIV replication, but with a price
The anti-herpes drug acyclovir can also directly slow down HIV infection by targeting the reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme, researchers report in this week's JBC. This beneficial effect does pose a risk though, as HIV-in ...
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Nov 06, 2008 |
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Herpes drug inhibits HIV in patients infected with both viruses
Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), McGill University and other institutions have discovered how a simple antiviral drug developed decades ago suppresses HIV in patients who are also infected with ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Help from herpes? Coinfection induces acyclovir to inhibit HIV
A surprising interaction may enable development of new HIV treatment strategies by exploiting infection with multiple pathogens. The research, published by Cell Press in the September 11th issue of the journal Cell Host an ...
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Sep 10, 2008 |
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Discovery explains how cold sore virus hides during inactive phase
Now that Duke University Medical Center scientists have figured out how the virus that causes cold sores hides out, they may have a way to wake it up and kill it.
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Jul 02, 2008 |
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Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV infection in individuals with HSV-2
An international clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a common medication for treating herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV infection when taken by people ...
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Feb 06, 2008 |
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