date:May 23, 2012
In an article available online today in the journal AIDS, the team found that in certain at-risk patients, the anti-HIV drug Ziagen (abacavir) causes the immune system to see a patients own healthy tissues and proteins as a foreign invader. The effect is similar to what happens when the immune system recognizes a viral or bacterial protein during an infection.
Abacavir is known to cause allergic reactions in certain, at-risk patients. These reactions can range from mild skin reactions to sever