Treatment Issues Vol. 11, no. 2
glossary Alternative Names for Common Medications Common HIV/AIDS-Related Generic Name Brand Name Abbreviation Description Application Distributor acyclovir Zovirax ACV Nucleoside Analog Herpes Glaxo Wellcome albendazole Albenza Antibiotic Microsporidiosis SmithKline Beecham amphotericin B Fungizone IV AmB Antifungal Fungal Infections Apothecon Fungizone oral Bristol-Myers Squibb atovaquone Mepron Antiprotozoal PCP Glaxo Wellcome azithromycin Zithromax Antibiotic MAC/Bacterial Infections Pfizer cidofovir Vistide HPMPC Nucleotide Analog CMV Gilead Sciences ciprofloxacin Cipro Antibiotic MAC/Bacterial Infections Miles clarithromycin Biaxin Antibiotic MAC Abbott clindamycin Cleocin Antibiotic PCP/Toxoplasmosis Pharmacia & Upjohn clotrimazole Lotrimin CLO Antifungal Candida Schering-Plough Mycelex Bayer dapsone Dapsone USP Antibiotic PCP Jacobus daunorubicin, liposomal Dauno-Xome Lipsome-encapsulated KS NeXstar Cancer Chemotherapy delavirdine Rescriptor DLV Non-nucleoside Reverse HIV Pharmacia & Upjohn Transcriptase Inhibitor (NNRTI) didanosine, Videx ddl Nucleoside Analog HIV Bristol-Myers Squibb dideoxyinosine doxorubicin, liposomal DOX-SL Lipsome-encapsulated KS Sequus Cancer Chemotherapy dronabinol Marinol THC Appetite Stimulant Wasting Roxane erythropoietin Epogen EPO Growth Factor Anemia Amgen Procrit Ortho Biotech ethambutol Myambutol Antibiotic MAC/TB Lederle famciclovir Famvir Nucleoside Analog Prodrug Herpes SmithKline Beecham fluconazole Diflucan FLU Antifungal Candida/Cryptococcal Pfizer Meningitis flucytosine Ancobon 5-FC Antifungal Candida/Cryptococcal Hoffmann-La Roche Meningitis foscarnet Foscavir Nucleoside Analog CMV/Acyclovir-resistant Astra Herpes ganciclovir Cytovene DHPG Nucleoside Analog CMV Hoffmann-La Roche ganciclovir implant Vitrasert Intraocular implant CMV Chiron Vision granulocyte colony Neupogen G-CSF Growth Factor Neutropenia Amgen stimulating factor (filgrastim) granulocyte-macrophage Leukine GM-CSF Growth Factor Neutropenia Immunex colony stimulating factor Prokine Schering-Plough (sargramostim) hydroxyurea Hydrea Host factor inhibitor HIV SmithKline Beecham immune globulin Gamimune N IVIG Passive Immunotherapy ITP, Bacterial Infections in Children Bayer 4l:_:u ne 10 Gammagard Gammar Polygam S/D Venoglobulin WinRho SO Baxter * Centeon American Red Cross Alpha Therapeutic NABI
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- Title
- Treatment Issues Vol. 11, no. 2
- Author
- Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Inc.
- Canvas
- Page 10
- Publication
- Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Inc.
- 1997-02
- Subject terms
- newsletters
- Series/Folder Title
- Disease Management > AIDS Treatment > Pharmaceutical Treatment > General
- Item type:
- newsletters
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- Jon Cohen AIDS Research Collection
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"Treatment Issues Vol. 11, no. 2." In the digital collection Jon Cohen AIDS Research Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/5571095.0291.007. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2025.