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3.3 What is combination therapy? 
3.4 Do the drugs really work? 
3.5 How HIV drugs work
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brand name drug drug supplied under a marketing name. Brand name drugs are usually protected by patents, but some generic drugs also have brand names.
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
generic drug drug supplied under its common (chemical) name.
HIV human immunodeficiency virus.
immune system different parts of your body used to fight infections.
virus infectious organism that can only reproduce inside the cell of another plant or animal.
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Yes! In every country that uses ARVs, AIDS-related deaths and illnesses drop dramatically.
Treatment works for women, men and children. It works no matter how you were infected with HIV – whether this was sexually, through IV drug use, at birth or by blood transfusion.
Taking HIV drugs, exactly as prescribed, will reduce the virus in your body to tiny amounts. This then lets your immune system recover and get stronger by itself.
Now that there are treatments for HIV, this is an important reason to know whether you are HIV-positive.
Generic drugs work just as well as brand-name drugs and sometimes they are available in formulations that are easier to take.
Index 3.3 Do the drugs really work? 3.4 Do the drugs really work? 3.5 How HIV drugs work
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