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  • initialism pharmacology, virology highly active anti-retroviral therapy

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  • However, HAART is not the optimal solution for HIV - it requires lifelong therapy, the medication can cause various side effects and the effects of long-term HAART are not yet known.

    unknown title 2009

  • In most people, HIV can be controlled with a drug combination called HAART, short for highly active antiretroviral therapy.

    U.S. News 2010

  • If the media chirpily dub HAART a drug "cocktail", HAART is definitely not a fun experience, Romero said.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • If the media chirpily dub HAART a drug "cocktail", HAART is definitely not a fun experience, Romero said.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • The decrease in suicide rates after introduction of the therapy, known as HAART, was associated with an increase in people's CD4 white blood cells, which indicates an improvement in HIV disease status, the researchers said.

    Forbes.com: News 2009

  • The anti-HIV nanoviricide drug candidates were found to be superior to a three-drug cocktail called HAART (for "highly active anti-retroviral therapy") in all parameters tested.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • Currently, the "gold standard" treatment for HIV is known as HAART, for highly active anti-retroviral therapy, which consists of a number of drugs that reduce viral load by stopping the virus from replicating.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Currently, the "gold standard" treatment for HIV is known as HAART, for highly active anti-retroviral therapy, which consists of a number of drugs that reduce viral load by stopping the virus from replicating.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • A combination of drugs called HAART developed in the late 1990s dramatically reduced the death rate.

    unknown title 2009

  • HIV virus from blood samples was analyzed for resistance mutations, and mothers and children with resistance mutations were monitored for a further 96 weeks until no resistance was detected or combination ART (also called "HAART") was started.

    PLoS Medicine: New Articles 2009

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