Genérico Stavudine - Zerit

HIV Patients Exposed to Expired DrugsInstitute for War and Peace ReportingHealth workers told the Daily News on Sunday in separate interviews that tonnes of expired ARV drug Stavudine which the World Health Organisation (WHO) phased out last year, are finding their way to the patients, most of whom are poor and desperate.

Weakened battleDeccan HeraldNACO is reportedly pressing on with supplying Stavudine to patients although the World Health Organisation called in July 2010 for phasing out Stavudine as the preferred first-line therapy due to its long-term, irreversible side-effects.

Please agree to FDI in retail, Hillary may tell MamataBusiness Standard (blog)The ARV drugs identified under the treatment programme are stavudine, lamivudine, nevirapine, zidovudine and efavirenz, Minister of State for Health A Raja informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question.

Short supply of anti-HIV drugs hits manyDeccan HeraldNACO also received flak for its failure in phasing out anti-HIV medicine Stavudine despite the World Health Organisation's July 2010 recommendation of eliminating the medicine from HIV/AIDS programme due to its toxicity and resultant side effects like .

Demand for Enquiry Into Drug StockoutsAllAfrica.