Acceptance of HAART

One of the biggest problems facing doctors prescribing HAART is acceptance of these drugs. People hear about the awful side effects and conclude that they will wait until they get sick before starting. Even with this reluctance, however, sales of antiretroviral drugs are still huge.

The quotes are categorized as:

• Acceptance of HAART
• Adherence
• Adverse Effects, in General
• Adverse Effects with Nucleoside Analogs (‘Nukes’)
• Auxiliary Therapy
• Blood Disorders
• Bone Disease
• Cancer
• AIDS Drugs cause Heart Disease
• Ineffectiveness or Lack of Proof of Effectiveness, often Combined with Toxicity
• Immune Restitution Disease (IRD) or Immune Restoration Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS)
• HAART and Renal (Kidney) Damage
• Liver Damage
• HAART for a Life Time (not a Good Time)?
• Metabolic
• HAART and Mitochondria
• Muscle Damage with HAART
• Neurological Damage
• Nevirapine
• Health Without Toxic Therapies
• Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
• Adverse Effects, Mothers & Children
• Adverse Effects with Protease Inhibitors
• Resistance to Therapy
• HAART and Skin Problems

Provided courtesy of Alberta Reappraising AIDS Society