In the Papua New Guinea Post Courier 8 November 2011 is a report of HIV sufferers running out of ARV drugs in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
We are told Dr Petronia Kaim that at least 10 people are on a drug holiday. She explained that there are certain concentrations of drugs in the body and a patient can go without a particular drug for 7 up to 21 days.
Should you ever take a 'holiday' from the drugs? - VA National HIV ...
3 Oct 2011 ... In general, taking an antiretroviral drug holiday.
Chronic HIV Infection: Can Anyone Afford a Drug Holiday?
20 Aug 2002 ... Chronic HIV Infection: Can Anyone Afford a Drug Holiday? ... of potent
antiretroviral therapy consisting of three or more antiretroviral drugs have ...
antiretroviral therapy consisting of three or more antiretroviral drugs have ...
This is amazing new information as the advice has always been that ARV drugs must be taken without any break as the virus will become immune.
Induction of T-cell immunity to antiretroviral drug-resistant human ...
Induction of T-cell immunity to antiretroviral drug-resistant human ...
Antiretroviral drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a
major, growing, public health problem. Immune responses targeting epitopes ...
major, growing, public health problem. Immune responses targeting epitopes ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15919925 - Similar
There was once a belief that ARV could be taken stop-start-stop-start. Several years ago, the Australian magazine Positive Living reported an experiment in the world that had to be stopped when those HIV sufferers in the experiment died.
Scholarly articles for ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUG HOLIDAYS FAMILY POSITIVE LIVING | |
 | … of HIV-positive patients' adherence to antiretroviral … - Roberts - Cited by 90 Barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral medication … - Kumarasamy - Cited by 75 … among HIV-positive men and women on antiretroviral … - Simoni - Cited by 100 |
Thank you Google.
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