Treatments
There are several highly effective treatments that stops the virus from spreading, but they do not completely eliminate HIV from the body, as there is no CURE for HIV/AIDS. Each classes of HIV drugs blocks the virus in different ways. The classes of HIV drugs include:
- Non- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)- NNRTIs disable a protein needed by HIV to make copies of itself.
- Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)- NRTIs are versions of building blocks that HIV needs to make copies of itself.
- Protease inhibitors (PIs)- PIs disable 'protease', another protein that HIV needs to make copies of itself.
- Entry or fusion inhibitors- These drugs block HIV entry into CD4 cells. -
- Integrase inhibitors- It works by disabling 'integrase', a protein that HIV uses to insert its genetic material into CD4 cells.