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A Federal judge in New York has ruled that an HIV-positive inmate has no cause of action against a prison physician who refuses to honor the prisoner's request for a specific therapy. [Name removed] W. [Name removed], an inmate of the Nassau County Correctional Facility on Long Island, sued the prison physician, the prison and others, because he was denied the drugs he sought to treat his HIV disease. [Name removed] asked to remain on the antiviral ddC, which he had been taking prior to his incarceration, and be administered Interferon, a therapy used for the treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). The prison physician, Dr. T. Kashimawo, instead prescribed a combination of AZT and ddI, as well as acyclovir, which is used to control herpes. Kashimawo said that he chose the therapy because ddC was not approved for use as a single-drug therapy and is contraindicated for patients with a history of liver problems, such as [name removed]'s. In the lawsuit he prepared himself, [name removed] contended that Kashimawo's refusal to prescribe ddC and Interferon violated his right to sound medical care while in prison. However, a Federal judge decided that Kashimawo's actions did not constitute deliberate indifference to [name removed]'s medical needs, and felt that [name removed] had no evidence that would persuade a rational juror to conclude otherwise.
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PMID:Inmate not entitled to choose his own course of HIV medicines. 1136 3