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Originally Posted by mo42
Now I'm wondering if a high dose of AZT right at the time of infection could cure a person infected with HIV for a very short period of time. Like if someone was raped by an HIV-infected person, and they got AZT like the next day. Could this possibly prevent them from ever getting AIDS? Hmm... this could be thesis material, just do some tests with SIV... yeah, that'd work.
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This is the theory in most hospitals, actually. If a health care worker is stuck with a contaminated needle they come to the pharmacy for some emergent doses of anti-virals. If the body is fully prepared the virus can be eliminated before it gains a foothold in the immune system. It's all theory, however. The only way to test it is to give people large doses of the medication and let them have unprotected sex or inject them with the virus directly. Not really ethical.