Randomized, Controlled, 48-Week Study of Switching Stavudine and/or Protease Inhibitors to Combivir/Abacavir to Prevent or Reverse Lipoatrophy in HIV-Infected Patients

OBJECTIVE: HIV-1 protease inhibitors (versus no protease inhibitors) and stavudine (versus zidovudine) are independently associated with a higher risk of lipoatrophy in HIV-infected patients. We sought to determine whether the revision of stavudine and/or protease inhibitor-containing regimens to co... View More