Savings cited in treating pregnant women with AZT Drug cuts the odds they'll pass virus on

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: July 15, 1996| Author: MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Copyright information

Although somewhat suspect because it was financed by the drug maker, a new study suggests that $1 would be saved for every $17 spent on treating pregnant, HIV-positive women with AZT to cut the odds they'll pass the virus to their babies. Offering the AIDS drug to such women "will decrease the number of cases of pediatric HIV infection and reduce health care costs," says the study published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association and released at the El...

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