To the Editor: Indinavir, a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)proteaseinhibitor, improves survival in HIV-infected patients. Althoughurolithiasis and renal dysfunction are associated with short-termuse of indinavir,1,2 no adverse effects have been reported inpatients receiving long-term indinavir therapy. We describetwo men with hemophilia in whom renal atrophy developed duringlong-term treatment with indinavir.
The first patient was a 31-year-old, HIV-infected man with hemophiliawho received treatment with zalcitabine (dideoxycytidine, 2.25mg per day) and indinavir (2400 mg orally three times a day).The plasma HIV RNA level fell from 100,000 to less than 400copies per milliliter; the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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