Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the combined use of drugs that suppress replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), reducing viral load, preserving immune function, and slowing progression to AIDS. Modern regimens, often described as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), combine agents from differ…
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the combined use of drugs that suppress replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), reducing viral load, preserving immune function, and slowing progression to AIDS. Modern regimens, often described as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), combine agents from different drug classes so the virus is attacked at several stages of its life cycle, which both improves durability of viral suppression and limits the emergence of drug resistance. Although ART does not eradicate the virus, sustained adherence can lower viral load to undetectable levels, restore CD4 T-cell counts, and substantially reduce transmission, transforming HIV into a manageable chronic condition. Within Preventive Medicine And Care, ART intersects with screening, long-term monitoring, and management of treatment-related complications. The journal's research examines patterns of HAART use and the occurrence and direct costs of adverse drug reactions, adherence in resource-limited settings and the psychosocial factors that influence it, and methods for tracking CD4 cell-count change over long-term treatment. Further studies address HIV drug resistance among children and adolescents, disclosure of diagnosis to infected children on treatment, antiretroviral-associated peripheral neuropathy, cardiovascular and respiratory findings in treated populations, and the move toward simplified two-drug regimens, reflecting the broad clinical and public-health dimensions of antiretroviral care.
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