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HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) is the current hold standard to treat (but not cure) HIV/AIDS. Medications for HIV are known as antiretrovirals or ARVS for short.
Different classes (types) of ARVS are used together to attack the virus in different ways or to protect uninfected cells.
Unfortunatley mate, theres no cure for hiv but doctors will give you antiretroviral drugs which freeze the virus and prevent it from replicating further but dont actually kill it off. theyre really effective.
A combination of retro-antivirals.
There is no single cure for HIV but over time treatments have become more effective. These include anti-HIV medication and antiretroviral drugs which can have side effects.
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been succcessfully utilized for the past decade and a half. It includes several medications (the details of which can be found by any standard search - using the acronym, HAART for HIV).
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoHOW is HIV treated?
answer: The treatment for HIV infection is called antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART involves taking a combination of HIV medicines (called an HIV REGIMEN) every day. (HIV medicines are often called antiretrovirals or ARVs.) ART prevents HIV FROM MULTIPLYING AND DESTROYING INFECTION FIGHTING CD4 cells, which helps the body fight off infections and certain cancers. ART can prevent HIV infection from advancing to AIDs.... :)
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∙ 14y agothe main medicine/drug used to help HIV/AIDS is antireoviral treatment that keeps the HIV at a lower level, so there is nit as much in the body. This helps the immune system stay stronger and not weaken.
This tablet/medication has a drug that needs to be taken for the rest of the persons life......... :(
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∙ 8y agoHIV is treated with a variety of medications, all of which are designed to either reduce the reproduction of HIV in the body or boost the immune system.
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∙ 13y agoProper treatment appears to slow the progression of HIV infections and reduce the frequency of opportunistic infections.
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Can baking soda treat hiv?
No
What kind of cures are available to treat HIV?
Unfortunately there are no cures to treat HIV currently, but a number of medical drugs to combat an HIV infection. However, there is hope as Danish scientists at the Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark are close to finding a cure for HIV.
If a person is taking tenofovir does that mean they have HIV?
Tenofovir is prescribed to treat Hepatitis B and HIV.
What will HAART be used to treat?
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is used to treat HIV infections.
Why cant antibiotics be used to to treat hiv or aids?
Antibiotics are only effective against bacteria, not viruses, and HIV is a virus.
Antivirals that target reverse transcriptase would be used to treat?
HIV
What diseases does shiitake mushroom treat?
Childhood leukemia, cancer, HIV infection.
What is the medical term meaning HIV specialist?
A consultant from the G.U medicine will treat Hiv and Aids patients. However they will be cared for on specialist wards, such s infectious Diseases.
How is a HIV still in your body if you have been treated with medications?
Medications used to treat HIV infection are not focused on killing the virus. Viruses are very small and difficult to treat. HIV medications focus on inhibiting the virus' ability to replicate. Essentially they meds are geared at slowing down the progression of the infection, not eliminating the virus.
What is abacavir?
Abacavir is a drug used to treat HIV. It is available under the trade name Ziagen.
What is stribild?
Stribild is a prescribed medicine in pill form that is used treat HIV-1 in adults.
Antibiotics are used to treat what?
Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Antibiotics cannot treat viral infections such as HPV, herpes and HIV.
