What does HAART stand for?

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is a medication regimen used to manage and treat human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). It is composed of several drugs in the antiretroviral classes of medications.

Is HAART free?

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When did HAART become available?

HAART became widely available to people living with HIV/AIDS in 1996.

What drugs are used in HAART Therapy?

Most HAART regimens include drugs from at least two of the three classes of antiretroviral therapy (nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors, non-nucleoside analog RT inhibitors, and protease inhibitors).

What can HAART do?

HAART can control viral load, delaying or preventing the onset of symptoms or progression to AIDS, thereby prolonging survival in people infected with HIV. HAART has been in use since 1996 and has changed what was once a fatal diagnosis into a chronically managed disease.

What do NRTIs do?

NRTIs are one of 6 classes of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) used to treat HIV as part of antiretroviral therapy (ART). ARVs interfere with the ability of a virus to multiply or reproduce. To treat HIV, NRTIs work by blocking an enzyme HIV needs to make copies of itself.

How long is HAART given for?

The median duration of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens was reported to be 11.8 months in one US study, but that study included both treatment-experienced and treatment-naive patients. The duration of initial HAART regimens for treatment-naive patients alone has not been reported.

What does HAART consist of?

HAART is a customized combination of different classes of medications that a physician prescribes based on such factors as the patient’s viral load (how much virus is in the blood), the particular strain of the virus, the CD4+ cell count, and other considerations (e.g., disease symptoms).

What are the side effects of HAART?

Anorexia, Nausea, and Vomiting. Anorexia, nausea, and vomiting are common after beginning HAART, but other etiologies, such as depression and intracranial pathology, may contribute to these symptoms. For most patients, these symptoms are self-limiting, yet other patients may require some intervention.

What are the side effects of NRTIs?

NRTIs and Side Effects

  • Nausea.
  • Dizziness.
  • Tiredness.
  • Stomach problems.
  • Headache.
  • Diarrhea.
  • Trouble sleeping.