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New research shows that taking breaks from HIV/AIDS drugs is not recommended. Drugs treatment interruptions or “holidays” have been a topic of debate in the HIV treatment community over the past several years.Dr. Nitika Pant Pai from the University of California at Berkley says that the majority of evidence suggests that treatment interruptions cause “greater harm then good”. Drugs interruptions are supposed to help improve the quality of life for some AIDS patients because it gives them a break from the side effects of the drugs. In recent years AIDS regimens have become easier to tolerate, however there are still side effects such as nausea and high cholesterol. Researchers found that drug interruptions may make HIV infections worse by allowing the immune system to deteriorate. They also found that interruptions are also a bad idea in patients whose HIV is suppressed by drugs. Doctors are still exploring if treatment interruptions have any value. They are trying to see if there is a schedule that minimizes the harm of going off the medication completely while improving quality of life. For now, Doctors do not have a treatment interruption approach that they can recommend. From News-Medical.net. Click here to read the entire article. |
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