How do Antiretroviral drugs slow down the spread of HIV?
Antiretroviral therapy keeps HIV from making copies of itself. When a person living with HIV begins an antiretroviral treatment regimen, their viral load drops. For almost everyone who starts taking their HIV medication daily as prescribed, viral load will drop to an undetectable level in six months or less.
How do antiretroviral drugs work answers?
They work by blocking cell receptors, called CCR5 and CXCR4, respectively, and prevent HIV from attaching to the host cell, interrupting the HIV life cycle in its earliest stages. gp120 inhibitors, such as DS003, bind to the gp120 proteins HIV needs to attach to healthy cells.
How quickly does HIV medication work?
Most people reach undetectable levels within 3 months of starting their HIV medicines. After that, your doctor will check your viral load every 3 to 6 months for the rest of your life.
What happens when you start HIV treatment?
Once your viral load is undetectable, you cannot pass on HIV to partners. (It might take up to six months on treatment to become undetectable.) You may have less illness, if HIV has been making you ill. The treatment will stop HIV from reproducing in your body.
How does highly active antiretroviral therapy work?
Treatment that uses a combination of three or more drugs to treat HIV infection. Highly active antiretroviral therapy stops the virus from making copies of itself in the body. This may lessen the damage to the immune system caused by HIV and may slow down the development of AIDS.
Can I infect someone while on ARVs?
U=U is a scientifically proven concept that people with HIV who take ARVs daily as prescribed, and achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load, have effectively no risk of transmitting the virus to someone else through sex.