Advantages And Disadvantages For ART

ART/HAART therapy

The introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has had success in controlling infection and reducing transmission but in doing so it has changes the nature of HIV-1 infection for those with access to ART. The status of the current vaccine trials and therapeutic programmes evolved through the lessons learned by the previous trials to produce an effective prophylactic vaccine for HIV-1. ART is not a "cure" or a definitive method for irradiating HIV, but it is the best method for controlling both the infection of individuals and the HIV-1 epidemic. ART has been successful in reducing the rate of HIV-1 infection and progression into AIDS. The use of ART as a pre-exposure prophylactic treatment in high risk groups has resulted in a reduction in HIV-1 infection, providing evidence that ART can be used to effectively reduce the incidence of HIV-1 infection in addition to controlling existing infection. (1) Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is commonly utilised in HIV treatment and management.It involves the use of a combination of various antiretroviral drugs which apply different methods of action to treat HIV. They are comprised of different drug cocktails and this is the unique advantage of using HAART as a therapy. It is harder for HIV to become drug resistance when multiple antiretroviral drugs are utilised. As HIV can easily develop resistance the use of varied mechanism of action limits this possibilty. The drug "cocktails" involves a