Taking Antiretroviral Drugs For HIV Infection: Why Is It Important To Take Antiretroviral Therapy Drugs Exactly As Prescribed
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Why is it important to take antiretroviral therapy drugs exactly as prescribed?
Complications may develop if you do not take your antiretroviral therapy drugs exactly as prescribed.
- The antiretroviral therapy drugs will not control the virus replication as effectively or protect the immune system.
- Drug resistance is more likely to occur. The virus that causes HIV can become resistant to antiretroviral drugs used to treat the infection.
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| Last updated: | June 06, 2007 |
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| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Reviewed By: | Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine, Peter Shalit, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman |
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