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AZT

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AZTAzido-Thymidine (AIDS drug)
AZTZidovudine (antiretroviral drug)
AZTAllianz Zentrum für Technik GmbH (German automotive safety standards)
AZTAutomobilklub Ziemi Tyskiej (Polish motor sports series)
AZTAschheim-Zondek Test


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Briefly, some of the liposomes carrying the active substances (lithium and AZT in this particular case) are phagocytized by the macrophages both in the blood circulation and in the HIV sanctuary organs with subsequent lysis and sustained release of the above components.
While AZT and its chemical cousins could delay HIV progression, none of them alone or in 2-drug combinations could durably control HIV, let alone reverse its associated immune suppression and threat of opportunistic diseases.
The picture is different for the four-drug combination AZT + 3TC + abacavir + tenofovir, which is showing good results even though it contains one of the problematic combinations within it.
 
 
 
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