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HIV Drugs and Multiple AIDS Drug Therapies

Immune system therapies are essentially treatments that help the body by modifying components of the immune system to be more effective. besides drugs a number of therapies are being looked into for use by people with HIV by boosting the body’s immunity.
How HIV medications are combined and the order in which they are given are [...]

HIV Spread and Prevention

Despite substantial advances in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virusAIDS HIV infection, the estimated number of annual new HIV infections in the United States has remained at 40,000 for over 10 years. HIV prevention in this country has largely focused on persons who are not HIV infected, to help them avoid becoming infected. However, further [...]

Starting HIV Regimens

HIV treatment Basics:
1. Typical starting regimens for treating HIV often include -
-Efavirenz/Zidovudine/Lamivudine
- Efavirenz/Tenofovir/Emtricitabine (Atripla)
- Lopinavir boosted by Ritonavir/Lamivudine/Zidovudine
- Lopinavir boosted by Emtricitabine/Tenofovir/Ritonavir
These can be adjusted based on resistant strains present and your doctor’s recommendations. HAART is a critical aspect to controlling HIV and you should discuss these and other treatment options with your doctor. Using [...]

AIDS Basics

AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. By destroying or harming cells of the body's immune system, HIV eventually destroys the body's ability to fight off infection. People diagnosed with AIDS may get life-threatening [...]

What Begining HIV Treatment is Like

Each HIV infected patient who is entering into care should have a full medical history, physical, lab evaluation and counseling. This is to confirm the presenence of HIV, get historical and laboratory data, discuss treatment of HIV with patient, and initiate care as suggested by HIV primary care guidelines. Baseline data then is utilized to [...]

So You Have HIV

It is a dangerous time to live in. Although we the human being have come along way since the days of medieval weapons and torture, we now have to grapple with risk of invisible death. There are so many diseases that pop up every now and then and it gets worse. Scientists work hard to [...]