Your treatment

your treatment

What you need to know about starting HIV treatment, possible side effects and the importance of taking medication in the correct way.

  • HIV treatment

    Thanks to treatment with anti-HIV drugs, many people with HIV are living long and healthy lives.
  • Not on treatment

    Why HIV treatment may be needed, when you may have to start treatment and what steps you can take now.
  • Starting treatment

    There are several factors to consider when you are thinking about starting HIV treatment.
  • Types of treatment

    A number of anti-HIV drugs are available and each works against HIV in a particular way.
  • Taking medication

    Tips to help you take your medication on time, wherever you are.
  • Dealing with side effects

    Like all medicines, anti-HIV drugs can produce side-effects but it is almost always possible to do something about them.
  • Staying proactive

    Taking your HIV treatment is just one of the things you can do to help keep yourself healthy.
  • Resistance

    If you do not take your anti-HIV drugs in the correct way, they may no longer work well.
  • Clinical trials

    Clinical trials
  • Changing your treatment

    If a problem develops with the drugs you are taking, there may be a better combination available.
  • Interaction with other drugs

    It is important to be aware of how prescription or recreational drugs can interact with certain anti-HIV drugs.
  • HIV medication listing

    Find detailed information about the anti-HIV drugs that are available.
  • Changes to HIV drug prescribing in London

    Find out more about the changes to guidelines for London prescribing of antiretroviral drugs.

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