Combined antiretroviral therapies are not deadly toxins

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The recent study by Kowalska et al. (2012) published in AIDS demonstrates that long-term exposure to combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) does not increase the risk of all-cause or non-AIDS-related deaths. This research effectively debunks the myth that antiretroviral therapies are "deadly toxins." The findings reinforce the safety profile of cART for individuals living with HIV/AIDS, countering misinformation propagated by denialist groups.

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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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Like button. Unfortunately I suspect they'll do what anti-vaxers and creationists do when scientific evidence doesn't support them: look the other way!