The current drugs regulatory process consists of a three-stage clinical trial regime.

Those were warnings that she'd taken a hit of her current drug of choice very recently.

Now she knew Lilibeth's current drug of choice.

In addition, drug plans are supposed to have procedures to ensure a smooth transition, perhaps by covering a patient's current drugs for a few months.

Fuzeon is being aimed at the estimated 30 to 40 percent of patients with viruses that have become resistant to the current drugs.

New ones are still being sought because the current drugs tend to cause movement disorders and other side effects.

Treatment for early infection exists but is uneconomical and not authorized as such, current drugs have severe side effects.

Yet the promise is tantalizing, the company officials say, since ulcers and bleeding can be serious, even deadly, side effects of current drugs.

The idea, if right, could explain some of the problems with current anticancer drugs, and future strategies for developing new ones.

"As I understand it, with current drugs and hypnotic techniques, no one can withhold information from a determined interrogator."