Antiretroviral drug
hideAntiretroviral drugs are medications for the treatment of infection by retroviruses, primarily HIV. When several such drugs, typically three or four, are taken in combination, the approach is known as highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART. The American National Institutes of Health and other organizations recommend offering antiretroviral treatment to all patients with AIDS. Because of the complexity of selecting and following a regimen, the severity of the side effects and the importance of compliance to prevent viral resistance, however, such organizations emphasize the importance of involving patients in therapy choices and recommend analyzing the risks and the potential benefits to patients without symptoms.
There are different classes of antiretroviral drugs that act at different stages of the HIV life cycle.
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News tagged with antiretroviral drugs
HIV integrase inhibitor effective for patients beginning antiretroviral treatment
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Aug 03, 2009 |
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A member of a new class of antiretroviral drugs is safe and effective for patients beginning treatment against HIV, according to researchers who have completed a two-year multisite phase III clinical trial comparing it with ...
ART therapy for babies, mothers safely reduces HIV transmission
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Jul 22, 2009 |
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Giving daily antiretroviral syrup to breastfeeding infants or treating their HIV-infected mothers with highly active antiretroviral drugs is safe and effective in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission through breast ...
Researchers uncover approach for possibly eradicating HIV infection
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Jun 21, 2009 |
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Researchers from the newly-established VGTI Florida and the University of Montreal have uncovered a possible method for eradicating HIV infection in the human body. The researchers have also revealed new information which ...
AIDS patients with serious complications benefit from early retroviral use, study shows
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May 16, 2009 |
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HIV-positive patients who don't seek medical attention until they have a serious AIDS-related condition can reduce their risk of death or other complications by half if they get antiretroviral treatment early on, according ...
Humanized mouse infected with HIV vaginally and rectally allows testing
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Apr 20, 2009 |
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The "humanized mouse" developed by Dr. J. Victor Garcia-Martinez has allowed the University of Texas Southwestern physician-scientist to conduct HIV/AIDS studies that would have been impossible without such a small animal ...
Study shows that HIV antiretroviral treatment should start earlier
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Apr 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of more than 45,000 people with HIV in Europe and North America suggests that the minimum CD4-cell count threshold for initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) ...
Study first ever to show US AIDS Relief program saved a million lives
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the ambitious U.S. government program begun in 2003, has cut the death toll from HIV/AIDS through 2007 by more than 10 percent in targeted countries in Africa, though it has ...
