Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, May 15, 1990 TAG: 9005150627 SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A/2 EDITION: EVENING SOURCE: DATELINE: PHILADELPHIA LENGTH: Short
A study released Monday in the May 15 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine said people who took AZT were more than twice as likely not to develop AIDS or AIDS-related complex than those who received a placebo.
That study and a similar one last month in the New England Journal of Medicine prompted the federal Food and Drug Administration in March to allow physicians to prescribe the drug for patients with the virus who have not developed AIDS symptoms.
"It means we can recommend intervention to prevent serious illness just as we would for mild hypertension to prevent stroke or heart disease," said Dr. Margaret Fischl, lead author of the study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. - Associated Press
by CNB