Triple combination therapy for HIV is effective

New evidence supports the use of up to three antiretroviral drugs to treat people with HIV. Jordan and colleagues (p 757) report that combinations of up to three drugs are consistently and significantly more effective, but there is inadequate evidence on the effectiveness of four or more drugs. Further work is needed on the effectiveness of quadruple therapies and the relative effectiveness of specific combinations of drugs.
 
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence for increasing numbers of drugs in antiretroviral combination therapy
Rachel Jordan, Lisa Gold, Carole Cummins, and Chris Hyde
BMJ 2002 324: 757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]




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