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From: GERRI@IBM.COM (Gerri Oppedisano)
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Subject: AIDS drugs under pressure
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>>I was wondering if any studies have been done in reguards to AZT/ddI/ddC
>>and SCUBA diving.  Some drugs respond differently when they are 'under
>>pressure' and have new and sometimes dangerious side effects.

>Why SCUBA? I wouldn't think of that as too much pressure.  Now research
>/c a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, I could understand.

I would think the sort of questions one would need to answer are: are these
drugs only stable within a certain range of pressure? If so, what is that
range? ..Or is it fairly quick pressure changes that upset stability? How
much of a change in pressure can mean bad things? What is the chance that
bad things will happen? .. Then, what are the pressure levels or what is the
change in pressure at certain depths when scuba diving?

gerri@ibm.com