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  2. HIV disease–related drug reaction - Wikipedia

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    The reported incidence of antiretroviral therapy induced liver injury range from 8%-23% in people with HIV. Among these people, 30% had needed to have a change in the medication plan or even discontinue their current therapy. [10] Drug-induced liver injury is a common cause of prolonged hospital stays for people with HIV, and in more severe ...

  3. Post-exposure prophylaxis - Wikipedia

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    In the case of HIV exposure, post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a course of antiretroviral drugs which reduces the risk of seroconversion after events with high risk of exposure to HIV (e.g., unprotected anal or vaginal sex, needlestick injuries, or sharing needles). [22]

  4. Abacavir - Wikipedia

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    Abacavir is in the NRTI class of medications, which work by blocking reverse transcriptase, an enzyme needed for HIV virus replication. [9] Within the NRTI class, abacavir is a carbocyclic nucleoside. [5] Abacavir was patented in 1988, and approved for use in the United States in 1998.

  5. Efavirenz - Wikipedia

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    Efavirenz is also used in combination with other antiretroviral agents as part of an expanded post-exposure prophylaxis regimen to reduce the risk of HIV infection in people exposed to a significant risk (e.g. needlestick injuries, certain types of unprotected sex, etc.).

  6. HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    In 2023, 630,000 people died from HIV-related causes, an estimated 1.3 million people acquired HIV and about 39.9 million people worldwide living with HIV, 65% of whom are in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region. [5] [7] HIV/AIDS is considered a pandemic—a disease outbreak which is present over a large area and is actively ...

  7. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    France established buprenorphine’s effectiveness years ago. Between 1995 and 1999, the country reduced overdose deaths by 79 percent as buprenorphine use in treatment became widely accepted. The medication, along with methadone treatment and needle exchange initiatives, also helped cut in half the HIV rate among intravenous drug users.

  8. A Jail Diagnosed Him With HIV — Then Denied Him Life ... - AOL

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    HIV shouldn’t be a death sentence,” an attorney representing the family of Nicholas Overfield said after the 38-year-old died following his arrest. A Jail Diagnosed Him With HIV — Then ...

  9. Lamivudine - Wikipedia

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    GlaxoSmithKline claimed that the M184V mutation reduces "viral fitness", because of the finding that continued lamivudine treatment causes the HIV viral load to rebound but at a much lower level, and that withdrawal of lamivudine results in a higher viral load rebound with rapid loss of the M184V mutation; GSK therefore argued that there may be ...