Protease-sparing regimen

Protease-sparing regimen

Protease-sparing regimen often abbreviated as PSR, is a method or therapy for treating people infected with HIV that involves a three-drug combination that reduces viral load below the limit of detection while saving protease inhibitors for later use. It is considered a weaker (in terms of quantity and concentration) form of HIV treatment. It has been argued that such a regimen is not as potent as giving HIV patients with the strongest drugs as soon as it is detected. Others believe that this might be considered a long-term strategy in order to reduce the amount of HIV [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11590510&dopt=Abstract Protease-sparing regimen in a real-life practice w... [HIV Clin Trials. 2001 Jan-Feb - PubMed Result ] ] , and in some instances have proven to be successful [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17414406 Effectiveness of early initiation of protease inhi... [Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 - PubMed Result ] ]

ee also

*Protease
*Women's Interagency HIV Study

References

*http://www.projinf.org/pip/26/pip26i.html
*http://www.projinf.org/pip/25/pip25a.html
*http://www.aegis.com/conferences/iac/2000/WePeB4134.html
*http://www.aids-ed.org/aidsetc?page=et-14-00-02
*http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/418668


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