What’s New at the AIDS InfoNet: April 2006 Changes

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What’s New at the AIDS InfoNet: April 2006 Changes

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Here are the latest changes to the InfoNet web site at

http://www.aidsinfonet.org

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Please send any questions or suggestions to hivcc@...

Bob Munk

Coordinator, AIDS InfoNet

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A. New InfoNet Fact Sheets: (none this month)

B. The following fact sheets were revised (an “e” or a “/e” indicates the

Spanish version):

• 158/e – AIDS Myths and Misunderstandings, to note the high proportion of

people who believe AIDS is a government plot to reduce minority populations

• 402/e – Drug Names and Manufacturers, general update

• 406/e – Treatment Interruptions, major rewrite

• 407/e – Drug Interactions, minor changes and add buprenorphine

• 410/e – Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors in Development to

note discontinuation of Dexelvucitabine and that SPD754 is now being developed

by Avexa as AVX754

• Updated language on drug interactions:

o 411/e – AZT (Retrovir)

o 412/e – ddC (Hivid)

o 413/e – ddI (Videx)

o 414/e – d4T (Zerit)

o 415/e – 3TC (Epivir)

o 416/e – Abacavir (Ziagen)

o 417 – Combivir (AZT + 3TC)

o 418/e – Trizivir (AZT + 3TC + Abacavir)

o 419/e – Tenofovir (Viread)

o 420/e – Emtricitabine (Emtriva)

o 421/e – Truvada (tenofovir + emtricitabine)

o 422/e – Epzicom (Abacavir + 3TC)

• 440/e – Protease Inhibitors in Development to note darunavir expanded access

• 482/e – Interleukin-2, minor edits

• 531/e – Ciprofloxacin (Cipro), minor edits

• 550/e – Side Effects, Overview – minor edits and to note benefits of exercise

• 611/e – Pregnancy and HIV – minor edits

• 612/e – Children and HIV, to note results of a study on cognitive effects

• 616/e – Older People and HIV, minor edits

• 726/e – Echinacea, to reinforce inadvisability of long-term use

• 735/e – Silymarin (Milk Thistle), general update

• 801/e – Vitamins to add links to additional web sites

• 999/e – Internet Bookmarks for AIDS - Entries verified. 3 sites were added, 3

addresses were changed, and 7 were deleted.

C. Fact Sheets Reviewed but Not Changed (2 this month)

• 203/e – Medical Appointments

D. Fact sheets over one year since last revision/review, as of April 30: None

CHANGES TO THE WEB SITE LISTINGS at

http://www.aidsinfonet.org/articles.php?articleID=999

WEB SITES IN SPANISH

Delete: Sitio Argentina de Orientación y Prevención del SIDA

http://www.redsida.org.ar/

1. ADVOCACY

Add: AIDS Action Europe

http://www.aidsactioneurope.org/

2. ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES

Delete: Direct AIDS Alternative Information Resources (DAAIR)

Treatment Information Sheets

http://www.aids.org/daair/TIPINFO.NSF/29fb3e9f39d028d0852563f80083b471?OpenView

5. CLINICAL TRIALS

Delete: Chelsea and Westminster Health Care Research and Trials (Londres)

http://www.hivgum.demon.co.uk/trials/index.html

8. DRUGS AND DRUG INTERACTIONS

Delete: AIDSDRUGS Structures

http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/aidsdrg4.html

Delete: Party Smarty Marty's HIV/Recreational Drugs Interactions

http://www.hafreeclinics.org/drugs/index.html

12. INTERNATIONAL (Based outside the USA)

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Add: AIDS in Japan

http://www.ajf.gr.jp/aidsinjapan/

Add: National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Australia

http://www.napwa.org.au/

14. MANUFACTURERS

Change: Company name for Hybridon changed to Idera, link is same:

Idera Pharmaceuticals (Amplivax) http://www.hybridon.com

17. NEWSLETTERS & MAGAZINES

Delete: Wyoming Positives for Positives Newsletter

http://www.pos4pos.org/newsletter.htm

23. STATISTICS ON HIV/AIDS

Change: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology, now at:

http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/Epidemiology/default.asp

States of the USA:

Change: Vermont: HIV/AIDS Quarterly Report, now at:

http://healthvermont.gov/prevent/aids/quarter/reports.aspx

25. TREATMENT - General Sites

Delete: Direct AIDS Alternative Information Resources (DAAIR)

Treatment Information Sheets (hojas informativas sobre

tratamientos)

http://www.daair.org/DAAIR/dp.NSF/pages/HIV+Treatment+Info+Pages

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