HIV Drug Can Persist In Mothers' Milk, Increasing Risk To Them And Their Babies A drug commonly used in the developing world to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child persists in the breast milk and blood of the mothers, putting them and their babies at risk for developing drug-resistant strains of the virus, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of
Medicine. The researchers found that the drug, nevirapine, stays in the blood and breast milk of the infected mothers for at least two weeks.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
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