The Medical Freedom Channel

“AIDS patients who stop taking their antiviral drugs whenever blood tests show their HIV infection is under control run nearly twice the risk of dying as those who take their medication without interruption, according to a large international study meant to settle the question of whether the practice is safe. The experiment that eventually involved patients in 33 countries began in January 2002 and was halted at the beginning of this year after preliminary results showed that death rates were dramatically higher among those who interrupted their drug treatments. A safety monitoring committee decided that it would be unethical to continue the experiment another four to five years as scheduled.” (11/30/06)