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Unapproved Drugs OK'd
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Newsday - Long Island, N.Y.
Author: The Associated Press
Date: Jul 26, 1988
Start Page: 15
Section: DISCOVERY
Text Word Count: 457
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Psychologist Winfield Scott, associate dean for education at George Washington University Medical Center, said the change responds to the frustration felt by gays "that {AIDS} answers aren't coming more quickly."

Dextran sulfate, developed as a blood thinner, has been used in Japan for about 20 years to lower cholesterol and other fats in the blood. Some laboratory reports have indicated it deters the AIDS virus.

[Frank E. Young] said the FDA maintains the right to deny any shipments into the country. It changed its policy in part because some AIDS treatments were coming in as contraband.

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