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Docs put new anti-AIDS tech in dock
The 'ground breaking' technology for the treatment of AIDS — hemopurifier, has bitten the dust even before it took flight.
Doctors across the city have expressed their skepticism about the technology. Developed by a group of four doctors, hemopurifier was unveiled in the city on August 30.
The device is being introduced under the patronage of National Aids Control Organisation (NACO). Hemopurifier is being offered as a device for hemodialysis as a treatment for AIDS and other viral pathogens.
In an article published in the October/November 2001 issue of American Clinical Laboratory, the doctors have claimed that hemopurifier is the first medical device to be able to provide immune response of clearing infectious viruses and related toxins from circulation.
According to them, the technology is positioned to extend and enhance the performance of established drug regimens. Further, the device serves as a first line therapy for large and growing population of HIV-infected patients that inevitably become resistant to drug therapies.
Said Dr Anoop Misra in AIIMS: "Firstly, the technology has been tried only by one group in California. Had it been as successful as they say, it would have been known in the worldwide medical fraternity."
He further said: "As per what they claim, the patient's resistance to HIV virus could be a viable option. This is a tentative conclusion. They themselves are not very definite about the success. I think this device has not been tested scientifically. It needs to be tried and tested by a variety of doctors for its efficacy to be established." Dr Shyam Sunder, head of department, nephrology, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital endorsed his view.
According to him: "Although hemopurifier is a new product, it still remains to be seen how effective it is to patients. Also, one has to keep the cost of this treatment in mind. I don't think this kind of treatment can be continued for a long span of time for the patient. It won't be cost effective for them."
Dr Nalin Nag, senior consultant, internal medicine, Apollo Hospital said: "Hemopurifier has only a singular approach to the problem. It controls the virus in the blood circulation whereas in an HIV-infected patients, the virus spreads to the entire body. Therefore, we have to find a way through which the dormant virus can be eliminated in the body."
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