Treatment of AIDS

How is the treatment of AIDS ?

The treatment of AIDS  consists of several important pillars. With medication alone is not enough in this disease.

Patients with AIDS should be a healthy way of life care to reduce other factors that reduce their defensive strength. The frequent opportunistic infections and their complications should be avoided or therapy. In addition to the possible need personalized psychosocial support , of course, is the real anti-retroviral HIV – treatment the most important measure.

This so-called HAART ( highly active antiretroviral therapy) is as follows:

There are many different preparations in AIDS therapy. It should be respected out that a combination regimen of  at least three antiretroviral drugs  is. This is necessary to the development of resistance of the HI -. Prevent viruses or at least delay, a rule in the be  AIDS therapy  two so-called  NRTI  ( nukleosidische  Reverse -  Transkriptase-  Inhibitoren) and NNRTI  ( Not -  Nukleosidische  Reverse -  Transkriptase  Inhibitoren). These are drugs that should have contained the virus replication by the enzyme “ reverse transcriptase ”inhibit, which is responsible for the transcription of the viral RNA into DNA reproducible. Also  PI  ( Protease-  Inhibitoren) are used.

Such AIDS therapy is indicated, that required or recommended:

• each symptomatic HIV infection
• each asymptomatic HIV infection in which the number of T-helper cells under a certain value (less than 350 / uL)
• asymptomatic patients with a T-helper cell numbers over 350 / ul but an elevated viral load (30000-50000 viral copies / ul)

To ensure a successful AIDS therapy that absolutely reliable administration of medication by the patient is essential. Only then can the development of resistance could be reduced.