Title: [Treatment of HIV infection. Current state of the art in 1996 and future possibilities]

POPLINE Document Number: 123149

Author(s):

del Rio-Chiriboga C

Source citation:

GACETA MEDICA DE MEXICO, 1996;132 Suppl 1:125-31.

Abstract:

In the past 2 years there have been significant advances in our understanding of the biology and pathophysiology of HIV infection, which, in addition to the development of new highly potent drugs for the treatment of HIV, have changed our approach to the treatment of HIV. Not long ago, the standard management was monotherapy with zidovudine, and therapy was not initiated until the patient was symptomatic or else showed significant immunodeficiency. Currently, the authors have seven antiviral drugs with activity against HIV, which, together with data from studies using various combinations of these drugs and in particular combinations that incorporate one of the more potent protease inhibitors, leads the author to believe that HIV infection may be treated in the near future as a complex but manageable chronic infection that would not be invariably fatal. (author's modified)

Keywords:

Georgia (United States)
United States
Literature Review
HIV Infections
Treatment
Drugs
Enzyme Inhibitors
North America
Americas
Developed Countries
Viral Diseases
Diseases
Enzymes and Enzyme Inhibitors
Physiology
Biology