What Is Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy?
Highly active antiretroviral therapy, sometimes called HAART, is the primary treatment for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It typically involves the use of a combination of several different types of antiretroviral drugs, which are designed help to reduce the amount of virus circulating in the body. There are several different types of antiretroviral drugs that may be used, all of which work in slightly different ways. The goal of highly active retroviral therapy is to find the combination of antiretroviral drugs that reduces the amount of virus circulating in the body as much as possible to reduce HIV complications, while causing the least amount of side effects. There are several different classes of antiretroviral drugs that can help reduce viral loads in people infected with HIV. They all work in slightly different ways. Some of the most commonly used classes in highly active antiretroviral therapy include protease, fusion and integrase inhibitors, as well as
