Individuals with HIV who were resistant to all four antiretroviral drug classes experienced higher mortality than those who were not resistant, a difference primarily due to lower CD4 cell counts.
There’s been a lot of grim news lately about HIV and AIDS: Rising infections among high-risk U.S. communities, continued risk behaviors, and plague-level infection rates across sub-Saharan Africa. In ...
More than 40 drugs are now available to treat HIV infection Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Fact checked by Sarah ...
Share on Pinterest Metformin, a common medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, may also help reduce the viral reservoir in people living with HIV who are undergoing antiretroviral therapy. Francis ...
March 5 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday resistance to GSK's GSK.L HIV drug dolutegravir has exceeded levels observed during its trials, citing observational and survey ...
Can we eliminate the HIV epidemic? It’s a question that dates back to the start of the epidemic in the 1980s. With 1.3 million new infections a year, the epidemic continues … and the world is not on ...
UVA Health scientists are calling for clinical trials testing the potential of HIV drugs called NRTIs to prevent Alzheimer's disease after discovering that patients taking the drugs are substantially ...
Drug-related problems in HIV treatment are prevalent, affecting treatment effectiveness and safety, with 99.7% of patients experiencing at least one DRP. Treatment safety was the most frequent problem ...
Drug use, especially injection drug use, presents substantial risks for HIV transmission. Understanding the intricate relationship between drug use and HIV infections is paramount for implementing ...
“Until there’s a cure or a vaccine, we will need to sustain the AIDS response beyond 2030,” UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said last month. When drugmaker Gilead Sciences announced interim ...