ARV Facts

Facts about Antiretroviral Drugs

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ARV damage to:

• Immune system
• Brain
• Heart
• Kidneys
• Liver
• Muscles
• Newborns
• DNA

Protection against
ARV organ damage

 

Mind boggling facts

 

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Vitamins protect
against ARV organ damage

AZT induces oxidative damage to cardiac mitochondria: protective effect of vitamins C and E.
Life Sci. 2004 Nov 19;76(1):47-56
PMID: 15501479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Vitamins C and E prevent AZT-induced leukopenia and loss of cellularity in bone marrow. Studies in mice.
Free Radic Res. 2007 Mar;41(3):330-4
PMID: 17364962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

AZT treatment induces molecular and ultrastructural oxidative damage to muscle mitochondria. Prevention by antioxidant vitamins.
J Clin Invest. 1998 Jul 1;102(1):4-9
PMID: 9649550 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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