Drug treatments for HIV offer many people the chance to control the virus and stay healthy for much longer. Treatment options have had a huge impact on the lives of people with HIV and those who care for them. They can reduce AIDS-related illnesses, admissions to hospital and death rates. Treatment has also enabled some [...]
the Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents released their latest guidelines for HIV and AIDS treatment. Every year, the panel assesses the current trends in HIV and AIDS treatment and new information gained from research and develops a set of guidelines for the use of HIV medications [...]
Anti-retroviral drugs inhibit the growth and replication of HIV at various stages of its life cycle. Seven classes of these drugs are available: Nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). NRTIs were the first anti-retroviral drugs to be developed. They inhibit the replication of an HIV enzyme called reverse transcriptase. They include zidovudine (Retrovir), lamivudine (Epivir), [...]
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