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Originally Posted by Muad'Dib
when you got AIDS virtually anything can kill you, even a simple flu, you dumb fuck
so no, it's still not an aids drug
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Pyrimethamine
Other Names: Daraprim
Drug Class: Opportunistic Infections and Coinfections
What HIV-related opportunistic infections is pyrimethamine used for?
The Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents, prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA-HIVMA), includes recommendations on the HIV-related uses of pyrimethamine to:
Prevent:
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) from occurring the first time (called primary prophylaxis) and from recurring (called secondary prophylaxis or maintenance therapy). (This is an ?off-label? use.)
Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis from occurring the first time and from recurring. (This is an ?off-label? use.)
Isosporiasis (also known as Isospora belli infection) from recurring. (This is an ?off-label? use.)
Treat:
Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis.
Isosporiasis. (This is an ?off-label? use.)
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https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/drugs/445/p...mine/0/patient
Thank you for the correction, its for HIV. I would correct the title if I could.