AZT babies. And other anti-HIV drugs
From The House That AIDS Built, January 2004:
There were AZT babies. Their heads have a different shape, with the eyes spaced wide and sunken in. The drugs cause severe developmental problems. Many children have misshapen, weak limbs and distended bellies. Many are learning disabled. The kids at ICC are constantly medicated with all kinds of drugs. When children refuse the drugs the nurses hold them down and force feed them.
From Orphans on Trial, New York Press, July 13, 2004:
[...] Sean was 13. He weighed 50 pounds and was about four feet tall. An AZT baby. Stunted, his cells damaged from the inside out.
[...] I approached one of the children in a wheelchair, a boy about 12. There was something strange in his face—his head was oddly shaped. It was a bit squashed, with the eyes spaced widely. His limbs and torso were slightly warped, shortened and weak-looking. This is what happens to AZT babies.
1 Comments:
It is a good thing that years more of research has lowered the amount of AZT to a safe level, many times lower than regularly prescribed. Now a days the AZT is very low dossage and in a cherry flavored syrup that is just dipped into the baby's mouth easily then given a bottle, no rejection from newborns even.
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