The launch of protease inhibitors--part of
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)--altered the course of HIV treatment, transforming AIDS, for many, from a terminal into a chronic illness.
Immunologic and clinical responses to
highly active antiretroviral therapy over 50 years of age.
The immunological benefits of
highly active antiretroviral therapy do not protect against syphilis.
Jane's miracle arrived in the summer of 1996 when she became one of the first children in the world to receive
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), powerful combinations of HIV medications that can near totally suppress the ability of the virus to reproduce within the body.
The rate of active progressive HIV encephalopathy in children with HIV infection receiving
highly active antiretroviral therapy was less than 2% and the cumulative prevalence of arrested disease was 10%, results from a prospective study demonstrated.
The problems are especially acute in resource-limited countries where little or no access to
highly active antiretroviral therapy exists; the impact of illnesses associated with HIV is most pronounced in these countries.
Despite the effectiveness of
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the mental health of New York City women with HIV is no better now than it was in pre-HAART years, according to a study comparing two matched samples of infected women, one interviewed in 1994-1996, before the therapy became available, and another in 2000-2002, after its use had become widespread.
81, 2003), examined 161 patients who had never before received
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
Bernard Hirschel of the University Hospital of Geneva, noted that the possibility of being able to give patients some vacations from
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) would be a boon for all patients.
Also see "When Should
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Be Initiated," by Timothy R.
TORONTO -- Men who have sex with men are engaging in unsafe sex under the false belief that
highly active antiretroviral therapy will protect them from transmitting or getting infected with HIV, according to a poster presented at the 16th International AIDS Conference.
This statistically significant difference shows that
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) effectively suppressed the load of replicating HIV, though it had no effect on the load of non-replicating HIV.