test themselves for HIV using the new Confide home testing service

June 1996

People will now be able to test themselves for HIV using the new Confide home testing service.

It'll be available first in pharmacies and clinics in Texas...and by mail-order in both Texas and Florida. Other states by early next year.

This will encourage more testing. Up to one million Americans may be infected with HIV...but half don't know it.

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Table of Contents

HOME blood pressure monitoring
Obesity & Weight Loss Lots of patients are asking about Redux (dexfenfluramine)
Obesity & Weight Loss The biggest concern with Redux is an increased risk of primary pulmonary hypertension
Dermatology Lamisil (terbinafine) TABLETS for treating fungal nail infections
Serzone (nefazodone) probably causes less sexual dysfunction than SSRIs
Paxil (paroxetine) for panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Multiple Sclerosis Avonex (interferon beta-1a), the new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS)
Infectious Diseases new 3-day Cipro Cystitis Pack
Infectious Diseases Bactroban Nasal (mupirocin ointment) to reduce the spread of MRSA
Infectious Diseases Maxipime (MAXI-peem, cefepime), the first "fourth-generation" injectable cephalosporin
estrogen for postpartum depression
patient compliance with their new protease inhibitor, Norvir (ritonavir)
test themselves for HIV using the new Confide home testing service
ACE Inhibitors new ACE inhibitor, Mavik (trandolapril)
ACE Inhibitors ACE inhibitors for kidney disease
positive side to the recent news about pharmacists who missed common drug interactions