Antiretroviral Therapy in Adults: Updated Recommendations of the International AIDS Society--USA Panel
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A 17-member international physician panel with experience in caring for HIV patients has updated the recommendations for treating HIV infection with antiretroviral drugs. The panel meets periodically to evaluate continuing medical research and to revise the recommendations accordingly. There are many drug choices, which is important because some drugs may not work in some patients. In addition, the virus can become resistant to one drug so the patient must be switched to another. It is important for patients to comply fully with the drug treatment.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Treatment for adult HIV infection
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The International AIDS Society-USA panel met to update recommendations for physicians providing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment and when to start antiretroviral therapy or what drugs to use along with the regimen to be followed. The panel has, after seeing results of toxic effects of drugs, resistance to drugs and so on has laid down stricter guidelines to be followed by physicians.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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Anti retroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in 1998, Part 1
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The International AIDS Society-USA recommends early antiviral therapy, guided by viral load monitoring, for people infected with HIV. Patients effectively treated with a combination of protease inhibitor and reverse transcriptase inhibitor antiretroviral medications for over 2 years do not develop drug-resistant viral mutations. Early drug treatment substantially reduces hospitalizations and illness among HIV patients. Viral load monitoring can indicate the effectiveness of drug treatment regimens and guide changes in therapy.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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