Treatment of AIDS include
Correct Answer: 2 Reverse transcriptase inhibitors + 1 Protease inhibitors
Description: (2 Reverse transcriptase inhibitors + 1 Protease inhibitors) (1124-H) (1197-1201-300-CMDT-09) (1190- H17th)Currently licenced drugs for the treatment of HIV infections fall into three categories: those that inhibit the viral reverse transcriptase enzyme: those that inhibit the viral protease enzymes, and those that interfere with viral entry (1124-H)Reverse transcriptase inhibitors include(i) Nucleoside analogues - Zidovudine, Zalcitabine, Didanosine, Zalcitabine, Stavudine, Lamivudine, abacavir, and emtricibine(ii) Nucleotide analogues - tenofovirNon-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors - nevirapine, delavirdine and efavirenzProtease inhibitors (PIs) Saquinavir, Ritonavir, Indinavir, Nelfinavir, Amprenavir, Fosamprenavir, Lopinavir, AtazanavirEntry inhibitors (Fusion inhibitors) - Enfuvirtide* The combination of Zidovudine, Lamivudine and indinavir was the first "triple combination" shown to have a profound effect on HIV replication (1134-H)Symptomatic HIV disease or asymptomatic disease and CD4 < 200/pL or asymptomatic disease and special circumstances | Best first line treatment{CombivirEfavirenz Common altemativeregimens once a day regimens |||||* Tenofovir +Lamivudine +Efavirenz Tenofovir +Efavirenz +Afazanavir +Ritonavir + | | Intolerance to regimen Progression of disease or viral load does not decrease by > 0.5 log with initiation of treatment or increase of viral load by > 0.5 log while on treatmentLow pill burden regimens Combivir +Neviripine Trizivir | Change to alternative first line regimens High potency regimens| | Perform resistance testing and change to a regimen with three drugs to which the patient is not resistant. If possible Combivir +Lopinavir withRitonavir Approach to antiretroviral therapy
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