Medical Combined antiretroviral therapies are not deadly toxins

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A recent study has found that long-term exposure to combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) does not increase the risk of death from any cause, including non-AIDS-related deaths. This research, conducted by a team from the EuroSIDA study group, reinforces the safety of cART and dispels the myth propagated by HIV/AIDS denialists that antiretroviral therapies are "deadly toxins." The findings emphasize the importance of relying on scientific evidence to counter misinformation surrounding HIV/AIDS treatments, similar to challenges faced by other scientific communities in addressing denialist narratives.
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Combined antiretroviral therapies are not "deadly toxins"

A new study on the safety of long-term exposure to HIV/AIDS medications concluded that they "[...] found no evidence of an increased risk of both all-cause and non-AIDS-related deaths with long-term cumulative cART [combined antiretroviral therapy] exposure".

Kowalska JD, Reekie J, Mocroft A, Reiss P, Ledergerber B, Gatell J, d'Arminio Monforte A, Phillips A, Lundgren JD, Kirk O; for the EuroSIDA study group. (2012). Long-term exposure to combination antiretroviral therapy and risk of death from specific causes: no evidence for any previously unidentified increased risk due to antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 26(3):315-323.

Another HIV/AIDS denialist myth ("ARTs are deadly toxins!11") crushed to pieces by scientific research for the billionth time.
 
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