“…Compared to untreated controls AZT recipients die 2A-times more often (Goedert et al, 1994), 25% more often (Seligmann et aI., 1994), or live only 2 years instead of 3 years with AIDS (Poznansky et aI., 1995). And several survey studies documented that in addition to abstaining from antiviral drugs long-term survivors are those who have given up or never taken recreational drugs (Wells, 1993;Gavzer, 1995;Root-Bernstein, 1995b). Persons infected by my for more than the 10-yearlatent-period-from-mY-to-AIDS who are studied by mv researchers are termed long-term survivors and more recently 'non-progressors' (Scolaro, Durham & Pieczenik, 1991;Learmont et al, 1992;Cao et al, 1995).…”