How is Contre-Vir different from Protease inhibitors and other drugs?
The drugs used in the treatment of HIV do not kill the blue-prints of HIV (pro-viral DNA). They only stop production of the virus from these blue-prints. Given over a period of time, the cells containing the blue-prints die and are replaced with healthy cells. For example, the blood cells , mucosal and lymphoid cells are replaced in about a year and eliminate the virus blue-prints harboring within them. HOWEVER, the blue-prints also exist in some brain cells called glia and these cells are in the body for life. They do not die out. These blue-prints present in the brain are fully capable of generating large quantities of the virus and re-invading the whole body as soon as the drugs are stopped or as soon as the virus becomes resistant to the effect of the drugs.
