Treatment Action Campaign - Antiretrovirals

Adcock Ingram’s ARV recall

moderator — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:15:19 +0200

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Adcock Ingram has issued a recall of certain batches of Adco-Nevirapine and Adco-Zidovudine (what is commonly known as AZT) due to a packaging error. It was discovered by Adcock Ingram that blister packs of Adco-Nevirapine had been packed into nine packs of Adco-Zidovudine. The Nevirapine blister packs were labelled correctly but they had been inserted into AZT boxes.

As a precautionary measure Adcock Ingram is recalling entire batches of the affected anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs). The recalled boxes are: Adco-Nevirapine batch number 1J, expiry date January 2009; and Adco-Zidovudine batch number 1Z, expiry date November 2008. All recalled drugs will be replaced by the correct medication.

Submission on Draft Guidelines for the Management of HIV in Health Facilities

moderator — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:36:46 +0200

TAC has a made a submission to the Department of Health (DoH) and the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) on the new draft DoH Guidelines on the Management of HIV in Health Facilities (Guidelines). The submission presented yesterday (16 May) by Zackie Achmat at a meeting of SANAC's Techinal Task Team on HIV Treatment, Care and Support. Later this month the submission will also be presented at the SANAC Plenary.

ALP memorandum on state antiretroviral tender

moderator — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:28:37 +0200

The AIDS Law Project (ALP) has written a memorandum explaining their concerns with the antiretroviral tender that the state has put out. The memorandum identifies problems with:

Antiretroviral Sites

moderator — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:11:27 +0200

Accredited Public Antiretroviral Facilities

Here are lists of state clinics that provide antiretroviral treatment (including CD4 and viral load counts) free of charge. The data is provided by the Department of Health. Please use the comment facility on this webpage to describe the quality of service you have received or to update or correct these lists.

ARV Poster Series

Nathan Geffen — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:23:09 +0200

ARVs in our Lives

moderator — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:03:45 +0200

Talk About Antiretrovirals

Nathan Geffen — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:06:43 +0200

Letter from Head of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society to Sowetan Newspaper

moderator — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0200

On Wednesday, Sowetan newspaper ran a disturbing story about a man on antiretrovirals who had a particularly bad case of lipodystrophy and grew breasts. This story highlights the need for doctors and nurses to monitor antiretroviral side-effects closely and to take patients concerns about their side-effects seriously. It also shows how important it is for patients to inform their health providers as soon as they experience possible side-effects.

TAC letter to President Mbeki about Virodene

moderator — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200

TAC Electronic Newsletter

moderator — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0200

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Tenofovir Campaign details and memo

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