| There is still no known treatment that could cure HIV | | | | could be impossible as the virus does not give the |
| or AIDS today. Such diseases still remain as lethal as | | | | body time to heal itself. The known drugs involved in |
| they were twenty years ago. Nevertheless, | | | | this treatment are antiretroviral drugs, anti-HIV drugs, |
| scientists, physicians and researchers have come up | | | | anti-AIDS drugs and ARVs. |
| with several possible treatment plans that could | | | | Another treatment plan considered to be most |
| improve the lives of those who have the disease. | | | | efficient is combination therapy. This HIV treatment |
| Indeed, these treatment programs do not rid the | | | | involves taking two or more antiretroviral drugs at |
| patient of the virus, but they make living with HIV | | | | one time. On the other hand, a therapy program for |
| significantly better. | | | | a person who takes three or more HIV treatment |
| The HIV or AIDS antiretroviral drug treatment is the | | | | drugs may be referred to as highly active |
| main and most famous type of treatment for these | | | | antiretroviral therapy or HAART. |
| patients. Again, this is not a cure. This drug | | | | When one starts with taking a single drug for HIV |
| treatment, could however, save patients from | | | | treatment, the virus may soon get resistant or |
| getting sick for years with HIV or AIDS. Since the | | | | immune to it. Consequently, the drug would stop |
| immune system of a person is compromised with | | | | working. By taking two or more drugs, the rate of |
| such diseases, they can easily get ill. Antiretroviral | | | | resistance of the virus greatly goes down. This |
| drug treatment can prevent this, as long as the | | | | makes the therapy more effective for a longer |
| individual religiously takes it for the rest of his or her | | | | period of time. |
| life. | | | | In the market today, there are twenty approved |
| Basically, this drug treatment is aimed at keeping the | | | | antiretroviral drugs. Unfortunately, not all of these |
| amount of HIV within the body at very low levels. | | | | drugs are licensed, authorized or available in every |
| Without the proliferation of HIV, the immune system | | | | country. You may refer to your local health center to |
| does not get weakened very fast and it is able to | | | | assist you in getting the right prescription available in |
| repair itself from damage. Without the drug, this | | | | your area. |