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Antiretroviral Therapy

Antiretroviral therapy is the use of a medication or combination of medications (highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART) to slow the rate at which HIV makes copies of itself (replicates) in the body.

By Healthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Peter Shalit, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine
Last Revised April 8, 2010

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Last Updated: April 08, 2010
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