Drugs The Straight Facts HIV/AIDS Treatment Drugs

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Uyuşturucu Düz Gerçekler HIV / AIDS Tedavi İlaçlar

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Author: Brigid M. Kane; David J. Triggle
Year Published: 2008
Publisher: Facts On File
Format: PDF 120 pages
ISBN: 079108552X (0-7910-8552-X)
ISBN 13: 9780791085523 (978-0-7910-8552-3)
List Price: $30.00
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HIV/AIDS Treatment Drugs is a concise, full-color reference guide to the drugs used to fight the AIDS epidemic. It provides a historical context for the battle against AIDS and the development of HIV/AIDS drugs. It discusses different types of drugs, how they work, and how doctors create specialized combinations to increase their effectiveness. It also explains how HIV/AIDS works and how scientist…HIV/AIDS Treatment Drugs is a concise, full-color reference guide to the drugs used to fight the AIDS epidemic. It provides a historical context for the battle against AIDS and the development of HIV/AIDS drugs. It discusses different types of drugs, how they work, and how doctors create specialized combinations to increase their effectiveness. It also explains how HIV/AIDS works and how scientists target the virus. Enhanced by eye-catching charts and diagrams and an accessible glossary, this timely book examines the important social and political issues related to treating AIDS and looks at future possibilities for new drugs and a possible vaccine.Since the advent of HIV/AIDS, scientists have been searching for ways to stop the virus and help people live longer. This title examines AZT and other retroviral drugs that have been used to combat HIV/AIDS.Drugs are everywhere–on our streets, in our homes, and in our schools–but the straight facts about drugs are not.HIV/AIDS Treatment Drugs provides a history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the discovery of the virus that causes AIDS. The book also explains how HIV operates and the rationale behind the design and development of drugs and drug combinations (so-called drug cocktails) that attack the virus at different points in its life cycle. HIV/AIDS treatment drugs can significantly delay the progression to AIDS ad enable those infected with HIV to live longer, healthier lives. Despite many medical breakthroughs, current HIV/AIDS treatment drugs have deleterious side effects and require a lifelong commitment from the patient. However. ongoing research in the field may lead to the development of less toxic, more effective drugs-and even the possibility of a vaccine at some point in the future

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