Gandhi Medicos Aims To Curb HIV
Offering 20+ Trusted Drug Combinations and Anti-retroviral Drugs for Hiv Treatment
HIV remains a global health concern and WHO recognizes it as the widely spreading sexually transmitted disease, especially in the young.
How does HIV affects the Body?
HIV attack the body’s CD4 cells and the white cells. The virus over-ride the natural immune system, making it weak and prone to infections.
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1. What causes HIV?
It is the human immunodeficiency virus, the causative agent for HIV. If not treated, it can extend to form AIDS.
2. How does HIV spread?
• Unprotected sex
• Through infected fluids, blood transfusions.
• Sharing infected needles and syringes.
• Transferred from mother to the child – during childbirth, pregnancy, or breastfeeding.
3. What Are the Stages of HIV Infection and When Does It Progress to AIDS?
Acute HIV(Initial symptoms)======>Clinical latent HIV(Asymptomatic) ======> AIDS(Complete invasion of the immune system)
Acute HIV – It is the initial stage with symptoms like –
Flu, fever, muscle ache, diarrhea, rash, weight loss, cough, and swollen lymph nodes at the neck.
The viral load increases rapidly and is highly transmissible.
Clinical Latent HIV/Chronic HIV- Asymptomatic stage, the virus remains active and transmissible.
Symptomatic HIV infection – slowly invading the immune system causes long term mild symptoms.
Progression to AIDS – After 8 – 10 or more years, the chronic HIV, untreated, progresses to AIDS.
4. Symptoms –
Immunological symptoms – rapid infections ,fever, swollen lymph nodes during acute infections but extends to recurrent fever ,rapid weight loss, Mouth, genital, or anal sores in the later stages.
5. What is the necessary treatment for AIDS?
Anti-retroviral drugs (ARV’s) form the primary treatment for AIDS, also called ART (Anti-retroviral Therapy)
How ART or Anti-HIV drugs works?
Anti-retroviral drugs interrupt different stages of viral cell cycle – Inhibiting multiplication and replication.
Key benefits of ART-
• Suppresses the viral load
• Prevent transmission
• Improves immune function
• Eliminate or down –regulate the symptoms
Drugs that form Anti-Retroviral Therapy –
• Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs) –
Lamipure-150 – 30 (lamuvidine)
Tenofovir alafenamide – Tafsure
Abacavir
• Non –NRTIs- Doravirin ,Entravirin
• Protease Inhibitors (PIs)- Atazanavir ,Darunavir
• Integrase Inhibitors- Dolutegravir, Elvitegravir
• Fusion Inhibitors – Enfuvirtide
• Capsid Inhibitors- Lenacapavir
6. Why a Combination of Drugs, Used for HIV and its Potential Benefits?
Combination therapy includes the use of multiple Anti-retroviral drugs to treat HIV.
• Prevents drug resistance
• Better patient adherence
• Additive suppression – synergistic effect
• Delay disease progression
• Restore immune system
The Trusted Anti- HIV Drug Combinations:
• Abacavir & Lamivudine – Abakast L
• Lopinavir and Ritonavir– lopikast
• Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumurate, Emtricitabine – Temirazer
• Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumurate, Emtricitabine & Efavirenz – Virarazer
• Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumurate & Lamivudine – Tudobest
