CURRENT TREATMENT OF HIV AND COST

Today's HIV-treatment
      
  • does not eradicate the virus
  • the immune system is still deficient
  • requires life-long treatment
  • Increasing problem of drug resistance
   The current treatments of HIV include only drugs that target the virus. These potent cocktails of anti-HIV drugs have been successful in keeping AIDS at bay in HIV-infected people. However, the treatment faces problems of relapse and rapid progression of disease if therapy is withdrawn, as well as serious side effects and development of resistance to the treatment.
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PRESENT THERAPY DOES NOT OFFER CURE FOR THE DISEASE
NEW DRUGS THAT STIMULATE THE FUNCTION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ARE NEEDED
     
Cost of HIV-treatment
   
  • $ 24 000/year
  

The yearly cost of anti-retroviral treatment for HIV infection is estimated to more than $ 24 000 for drugs, clinical examinations by consultants and laboratory analyses necessary for monitoring the treatment.