meds HIV.txt

HAART
- HIV
- Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
- combination of 3+ antiretroviral drugs
- reduces drug resistance
- decr viral load
- keeps immune system strong
- expensive, severe GI symptoms
NRTI - Nucleoside-analog Reserse Transcriptase Inhibitor
- HIV
- antiretroviral agent
- 1 of the 3 main drugs that prevent HIV from getting stronger
- works from w/in the cells
- severe GI symptoms
NNRTI - Non-Nucleosided Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
- HIV
- antiretroviral agent
- 1 of the 3 main drugs that prevent HIV from getting stonger
- works from w/in the cells
Protease Inhibitors
- HIV
- antiretroviral agent
- 1 of the 3 main drugs that prevent HIV from getting stonger
- works from w/in the cells
Entry (Integrase?) inhibitors
- HIV
- antiretroviral agent
- GI symptoms
Fusion Inhibitors
- HIV
- antiretroviral agent
- respiratory symptoms
Atripla
- HIV
- antiretroviral agent
- most common viral suppressant
- used in combination w/ others
- recommended as an initial antiretrovirus regimen
Compera
- HIV
- antiretroviral agent
- most common viral suppressant
- used in combination w/ others

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meds HIV.txt

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PN 141 test 5

Updated

2012-10-05T02:05:50Z

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