Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HIV Medications, HAART)
An antiviral agent used to treat AIDS or HIV infection.
This is a drug class.Part of: Antivirals
About Antiretroviral Drugs
There are six major types of drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS. Called antiretrovirals because they act against the retrovirus HIV, these drugs are grouped by how they interfere with steps in HIV replication.
Entry Inhibitors Fusion Inhibitors Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Integrase Inhibitors Protease Inhibitors Multi-class Combination ProductsTo prevent strains of HIV from becoming resistant to a type of antiretroviral drug, healthcare providers recommend that people infected with HIV take a combination of antiretroviral drugs in an approach called highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Developed by NIAID-supported researchers, HAART combines drugs from at least two different classes. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Generic drugs in this class include:
Individual drug pages include drug combinations.
Abacavir (By mouth), Atazanavir (By mouth), Darunavir (By mouth), Delavirdine (By mouth), Didanosine (By mouth) … *To find a drug by its brand or generic name, use the search box above.