Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:28:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Rex Wockner <rwockner@netcom.com>
Subject: MEXICO AIDS CLINIC DRUG SHORTAGE 


TIJUANA AIDS CLINIC FACES DRUG SHORTAGE
by Rex Wockner

TIJUANA -- The only place in Mexico to get free AIDS drugs is out of drugs.

	Tijuana's ACOSIDA (Alliance Against AIDS) Clinic is short of 
everything but AZT.

	"We need ddI, ddC, 3TC, d4T, Crixivan and saquinivir," said 
clinic co-founder Alejandro Garcia.

	The clinic also needs the drugs that treat and prevent 
opportunistic infections -- particularly Bactrim -- and the 
anti-herpes drug acyclovir (Zovirax).

	In the past, the clinic had a relatively steady flow of drugs
through an underground operation where pills from the bedsides of people
who die in San Diego County end up in Tijuana. 

	That network still operates but supply no longer meets demand.

	Any leftover or unneeded AIDS medications can be shipped to 
Alejandro Garcia, Paseo del Pedregal 1980, Playas de Tijuana, B.C., Mexico.

	Or they can be delivered directly to the clinic Thursday evenings 
between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Its address is 8324 10th Street, downtown. 
That's one and one-half blocks east of Revolution Avenue.

	For more information, phone 011-52-66-80-99-63.

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