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148. MEDICAL TFtEATMENTS .FOR PEO'pLe:
WET'H HIV D~ISEASE
Research has yet to provide one or more definitive treatments for HIV disease. Here are several
useful types of intervention that can be taken against HIV, but no one strategy, alone, is sufficient:
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... Avoidance of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and unnecessary stress
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ÀNTIRETRCtVIRAL
TREATMENTS
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Reverse Transcriptase Irmibttors
These drugs work by inhibiting' an enzyme-reverse transcriptase-which the V:ŒUS
needs to take over a cell's genetic machinery.
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Nucleoside
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ddl(didanosine, Videx®)
d4T (stavudine, Zerit®)
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