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New findings reported at an international AIDS conference last week promise to transform AIDS from a fatal disease into a chronic one that is treatable, many experts say. With news rapidly spreading about the landmark studies, which showed that new drug com- binations can drive the AIDS virus to undetectable levels in blood, many people infected with the AIDS virus are questioning their treatment and asking practical questions to which their doctors are likely to have few immediate answers. An immediate question is whether patients should start on the combination-drug therapy as soon as they are infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, or wait until the onset of AIDS, which may not occur for many years

New findings reported at an international AIDS conference last week promise to transform AIDS from a usually fatal disease into a chronic one that is treatable, many experts say. With news rapidly spreading about the landmark studies, which showed that new drug combinations can drive the AIDS virus to undetectable levels in blood, many people infected with the AIDS virus are questioning their treatment and asking practical questions for which their doctors are likely to have few immediate answers. An immediate question is whether patients should start on the combination drug therapy as soon as they are infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, or wait until the onset of AIDS, which may not occur for many years

New findings reported at an international AIDS conference in Vancouver in Jul 1996 promise to transform AIDS from a usually fatal disease into a chronic one that its treatable, many experts say. Landmark studies have shown that new drug combinations can drive HIV to undetectable levels in blood

VANCOUVER, British Columbia New findings reported at an international AIDS conference last week promise to transform AIDS from a usually fatal disease into a chronic one that is treatable, many experts say. With news spreading about the landmark studies, which showed that new drug combinations can drive the AIDS virus to undetectable levels in blood, many people infected with the AIDS virus are questioning their treatment and asking practical questions for which their doctors are likely to have few immediate answers. Experts at the meeting often disagreed with one another about how to manage particular patients. All that is certain is that an earthquake has rearranged the landscape of AIDS therapy, presumably for the better, although even that is not yet certain

New findings reported at an international AIDS conference last week promise to transform AIDS from a usually fatal disease into a chronic one that is treatable, many experts say. With news rapidly spreading about the landmark studies, which showed that new drug combinations can drive the AIDS virus to undetectable levels in blood, many people infected with the AIDS virus are questioning their treatment and asking practical questions for which their doctors are likely to have few immediate answers. An immediate question is whether patients should start on the combination drug therapy as soon as they are infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, or wait until the onset of AIDS, which may not occur for many years

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- After weeks of hints that scientists were making remarkable progress in treating AIDS, the actual results from several studies were released publicly for the first time as an international meeting on AIDS in Vancouver ended Thursday. Whether people had had AIDS for years or had been infected for only a few weeks, combinations of new and older drugs suppressed the AIDS virus below the limits of detection for long periods of time. But the scientists who conducted the studies and other experts said in interviews that the dramatic findings could not be called a cure. No studies have documented a cure in any person infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, a number of speakers said

After weeks of hints that scientists were making remarkable progress in treating AIDS, the actual results from several studies were released publicly for the first time as an international meeting on AIDS in Vancouver ended Thursday. Whether people had AIDS for years or had been infected by HIV for only a few weeks, combinations of new and older drugs suppressed the AIDS virus below the limits of detection for long periods of time. But the scientists who conducted the studies and other experts said in interviews that the findings, as dramatic as they are, could not be called a cure. No studies have documented a cure in any person infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS, a number of speakers said

When used in combination, two members of a new class of drugs called protease inhibitors have forced the amount of AIDS virus down to virtually undetectable levels in HIV infected people, according to very early results of a small study reported on Jul 10, 1996 at an international AIDS conference in Vancouver

When used in combination, two members of a new class of drugs have forced the amount of AIDS virus down to virtually undetectable levels in infected people, according to very early results of a small study reported Wednesday in Vancouver at an international meeting on AIDS. The combination had a more potent effect against the human immunodeficiency virus than would be expected from either drug alone, said Dr. Martin Markowitz, one researcher who conducted the study in New York City and six other cities. Although the drugs apparently stopped replication of the virus, it remained in the body after treatment with the drugs, ritonavir and saquinavir, which are protease inhibitors