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Is Viread Safe for Babies?

Is Viread Safe for Babies?

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The antiretroviral drug Viread (tenofovir), being considered as a means to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmissions, has produced no increase in birth defects, according to one analysis. Information gathered by the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry, a voluntary reporting system, indicated that rates of congenital abnormalities in children born to women using tenofovir were comparable to those in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's birth defects surveillance system and to those associated with other antiretroviral drugs. Animal studies have shown no fetal risk caused by Viread, but few human studies have been done. Scientists are evaluating Viread's efficacy and safety as a preventive measure for mother-to-child transmissions of HIV and of hepatitis B.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
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