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Genentech Access To Care Foundation

Meerat Oza — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:35:07 +0000

The Genentech Access To Care Foundation provides Fuzeon (enfuvirtide) and Invirase (saquinavir mesylate) free to qualified patients. To enroll, patients must be uninsured and have an annual adjusted gross household income of less than $100,000.

Egrifta Patient Assistance Program

Meerat Oza — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:15:04 +0000

The Egrifta Patient Assistance Program provides Egrifta (tesamorelin) for free to uninsured or under-insured patients who earn less than 600 percent of the federal poverty level. For more information, please call the AXIS Center at 877-714-AXIS (2947).

ViiV Healthcare Patient Assistance Program

Meerat Oza — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:08:37 +0000

ViiV Healthcare Patient Assistance Program provides low-income HIV patients with ViiV Healthcare products at little or no cost. ViiV Healthcare manufactures Combivir (zidovudine/lamivudine), Epivir (lamivudine), Epzicom (abacavir/lamivudine), Lexiva (fosamprenavir), Rescriptor (delavirdine), Retrovir (zidovudine), Selzentry (maraviroc), Trizivir (zidovudine/lamivudine/abacavir), Viracept (nelfinavir), and Ziagen (abacavir).

Bristol-Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Programs

Meerat Oza — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:58:55 +0000

Bristol-Myers Squibb has three patient assistance programs for people with HIV: Access Virology, the Atripla Patient Assistance Program, and Together Rx Access. Access Virology and Together Rx Access cover Reyataz (atazanavir) and Sustiva (efavirenz); the Atripla Patient Assistance Program Covers Atripla (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir).

Gilead Patient Assistance Programs

Meerat Oza — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:49:05 +0000

Gilead Sciences provides financial assistance to people with HIV through two programs: the U.S. Advancing Access program and the Atripla Patient Assistance Program. The first program covers Emtriva (emtricitabine), Truvada (emtricitabine/tenofovir), and Viread (tenofovir); the second covers Atripla (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir). Both programs provide assistance to patients who do not have insurance or are otherwise in need of financial assistance to pay for their HIV medications.

The Positive Project

Shruti Kalra — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:27:21 +0000

The mission of The Positive Project is to provide an outlet for individuals infected/affected by HIV/AIDS to share their experiences in order to raise awareness, reduce stigma, promote prevention, encourage testing, and enhance care and quality of life. The Positive Project conducts personal face to face structured interviews with individuals who are infected/affected with HIV/AIDS. The videos are then edited and entered into an archive/database on the project’s website.

HIV Drug Interactions

Kieryn Graham — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:56:34 +0000

HIV-druginteractions.org provides up-to-date, comprehensive, and reliable information about interactions between anti-HIV drugs and other drugs. It also features HIV-related articles which are updated on a regular basis.

Adrienne’s HIV Blog – Hivine’s Weblog

Kieryn Graham — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:54:17 +0000

Adrienne’s HIV Blog is written by Adrienne Seed, who was diagnosed with HIV in 2002. She is an HIV activist, artist, writer and sculptor. Other HIV-positive women also contribute to the blog, which focuses on HIV-related news and stories. Posts are often written with a humorous bent. The blog is updated several times per week.

Living In The Bonus Round

Kieryn Graham — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:46:22 +0000

Living In The Bonus Round is a blog written by Steve Schalchlin, who is widely regarded as one of the first HIV/AIDS bloggers. He is a respected songwriter, musician, playwright, and actor with HIV who put his struggles of living with HIV/AIDS into music. His blog discusses his daily life with HIV/AIDS, opinion on events, and other news and topics. He updates his blog a few times per week.

Brett Grodeck On VideoJug

The AIDS Beacon Staff — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:36:49 +0000

In this series of short videos, Brett Grodeck presents practical advice on many HIV-associated issues, including dating, depression, job discrimination, and insurance coverage. Brett learned that he was HIV positive during the 1980s at age 21, when resources for people with HIV were almost nonexistent. Since his diagnosis, Brett has set out to spread HIV awareness and education. Brett has become a patient advocate for the Food and Drug Administration and has written a book, called “The First Year – HIV,” that offers advice to those newly diagnosed with HIV.