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To: cynwoody; LucyT

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3211623/posts?page=213#213

Lamivudine

Off-patent Med used for HIV.

French doc is 13 for 15 using it.

306 posted on 10/05/2014 10:12:11 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)

To: WildHighlander57

To: Black Agnes

http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/avigan-tablet-200mg-administered-to-a-french-woman-infected-with-ebola-virus_1478234.html

http://news.yahoo.com/first-french-ebola-patient-leaves-hospital-144706059—finance.html

A Liberian doctor is 13 for 15 using lamivudine,which is normally used to treat HIV and hepatitis-B. The two losses received the drug later in their illness than the survivors.

Lamivudine is old enough that it is off patent.

213 posted on Sun Oct 05 2014 16:12:42 GMT-0500 (CDT) by cynwoody [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 193 | View Replies | Report Abuse]

308 posted on 10/05/2014 10:13:53 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)

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309 posted on 10/05/2014 10:21:56 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)

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