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From: Troy Stokes 512-472-3784 (CS_STOKES@SWTEXAS)
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Subject: AZT Concentrations
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[Via AIDSNEWS => SCI.MED.AIDS gateway.]

Just a word of thanks to everybody who dropped their own work to help
me find a laboratory which would do concentration assays of AZT
(Retrovir) from serum specimens. It was Michelle, a research
assistant at the National AIDS Information Clearinghouse
(800-458-5231), who finally got me connected with a lab which would do
the work.

The lab is Maryland Medical Labs at (800)-237-7917 or (301)-247-9100.
Incidentally, their tech support people have apparently dropped the
warning, "This test is for research purposes only" from the order
form. As near as I can make out, this was enough to let my insurance
carrier pay. However, it is still my understanding that there are no
agreed upon laboratory norms for proper serum concentrations 4 hours
after the last dose of 200 mg of medication.

Thanks, again, to all of you who gave me tips and moral support.

Troy Stokes
Bitnet address:CS_STOKES@SWTEXAS