HIV/AIDS: Treatments
AIDS is a collection of symptoms known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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About HIV/AIDS Treatments
In the early 1980s when the HIV/AIDS epidemic began, people with AIDS were not likely to live longer than a few years.
Today, there are 31 antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat HIV infection. These treatments do not cure people of HIV or AIDS. Rather, they suppress the virus, even to undetectable levels, but they do not completely eliminate HIV from the body.
By suppressing the amount of virus in the body, people infected with HIV can now lead longer and healthier lives. However, they can still transmit the virus and must continuously take antiretroviral drugs in order to maintain their health quality….Read more about HIV/AIDS Treatments NIH – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases