How do you get it? Opportunistic infections CD4-cells Viral load test HIV Medication Adherence Resistance What about the medication? - There are drugs that inhibit the HIV virus, making it less active.
- They are known as anti-retroviral drugs (ARV's).
- You can take these drugs to delay or prevent developing AIDS.
- But there are no drugs that can rid your body of the virus completely. Nor is there a vaccination against HIV.
- Once you are HIV infected you need to take anti-retroviral drugs for the rest of your life, and do this as the doctor prescribes.
- ARV's are sometimes known as Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) or Anti-Retroviral Therapies (ART's). ARV's, HAART and ART's refer to the same thing.
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