Abstract

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY – THE FUTURE OF HIV TREATMENT

Tangadkar Divya Shridhar*

Abstract

An estimated 36.7 million peoples are infected with the HIV worldwide. In countries with the very high seroprevalnce of human immunodeficency virus type 1. The HIV can be transmitted through contact with infected blood, semen or vaginal fluids. HIV is the type of virus called as retrovirus, and the combination of drugs which is used to treat it is called as antiretroviral therapy [ART]. The standard antiretroviral thearapy [ART] is consist of the combination of at least three antiretroviral [ARV] to suppress the virus and also used to stop HIV disease. Antiretroviral therapy is very effective treatment for HIV. It doesnot cure the condition but it can be reduce the viral load to undetectable level. The antiretroviral therapy [ART] was discovered by the scientists funded by NIH’S national cancer institute [NCI] firstly developed azidothymidine[AZT] in 1964. This review article indicates that the antiretroviral therapy [ART] can br reduce the viral load of the body and also now a day it is possible to control the HIV.

Keywords: Antiretroviral therapy, HIV, AIDS, Drug adverse effect.