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Medications used to treat HIV infection have come a long way but they are far from perfect. With treatment, HIV is considered a chronic infection and not a terminal illness. However, HIV medications may have serious side effects that cause patients difficulty in day-to-day interactions.
Despite adverse side effects, HIV medications are good at preventing the progression of the disease and help clients stay healthier for longer periods of time.
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What drugs will be administered to babies born to HIV-infected mothers?
The CDC recommends that all babies born to HIV-infected mothers be treated with antipneumonia drugs beginning at four--six weeks and continuing until the infant is found to be HIV-negative.
Can Zidolam kill HIV virus within 48 hour of infection?
I think this question is asking whether taking HIV drugs a possible exposure can stop that infection taking place. Using HIV drugs in this way is called Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and in theory it is hoped that it might work. However, PEP involves taking a combination of three anti HIV drugs for about a month. Zidolam only contains two drugs - AZT (zidovudine) and 3TC (lamivudine). You would need to add a third drug for this to be likely to work. You also need to continue all three drugs for the month. PEP need to be taken as soon as possible after exposure, preferably within two hours. PEP may still work up to 48 hours afterwards, but the earlier the better.
Which category of drugs does not increase your risk of contracting HIV through infected needles?
They ALL DO !! Its not the drugs, its the needle that does the HIV infection thing. Meaning, If person A uses Needle A. And person B uses Needle A Too. IF person A Has HIV, then its very likely that person B gets Infected. But who does drugs anyway ? needles ONE use Only. please throw em away. Questions like this, are the reason that HIV still exists
How does combination therapy work?
Drug combination therapy, HAART (Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy) or "cocktail" therapy, is when several types of HIV medications are taken together. Researchers have discovered that HIV/AIDS patients do better when they take more than one medication at a time (monotherapy).
Is there medicine for AIDS?
The medicines used to treat HIV are called antiretroviral drugs. There are several different types / classes of drugs which act differently to disrupt different stages of the HIV life cycle. Antiretroviral drugs are generally administered in combinations (hence the term combination therapy) of three or four different drugs from two or three different classes. The individual drugs are too numerous to list here, but the following link provides a good up-to-date listing of both the drugs and classes of drugs currently in use: http://www.aidsmeds.com/list.shtml
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How is the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) transmitted?
HIV can be trasmitted by sexual intercourse, unsterilized needles for things like tattoos or illegal drugs, and contact by blood. All of the above: throught bodily fluids, breast milk, sexual intercourse
What are Heath problems from drugs and alcohol?
You can get fat with all the empty calories in alcoholic drinks and slowly kill yourself with alcohol and drugs. Alcohol is a depressant and if you want to drink, make sure to take it in slowly, otherwise your body doesn't have the time to process it. For drugs, if you share needles you can get HIV and AIDS. Drugs also slowly kill you.
Can you have symptoms of hiv and it not be hiv at all?
You are correct. The early symptoms of HIV infection are like the flu.
What kind of HIV is not transmitted?
all kinds of hiv can be transmited
You work with a person that has HIV and you work in a salon are you at risk of getting AIDS and does the person have to tell the employees and the customers?
If you are around someone with HIV you are ALWAYS at risk of contracting the disease, but HIV and AIDS are different. Just because you have HIV does not mean that you will contract AIDS, but you are much more likely to in the future. As long as you're careful and you are not letting this person bleed all over you you will be fine. Do NOT touch their blood if they're bleeding.
Where could one obtain a HIV vaccine?
As of May 2013, HIV vaccines cannot be obtained because they have not yet been invented. All vaccines claiming to treat HIV have proven ineffective. Work is still being done to attempt to create a truly working vaccine.
