A HOST of side effects associated with treatments for HIV infection could occur because the drugs damage mitochondria, the energy-producing structures in our cells.
Earlier this year French doctors linked a rare but fatal childhood neurodegenerative illness caused by defective mitochondria to exposure to the drugs AZT and 3TC while still in the womb and during or shortly after birth (
Many people being treated for HIV infection undergo a redistribution of body fat which can cause unsightly hump-like deposits and abnormal levels of fats in the blood. Most doctors have blamed ...
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