What HIV Treatment Regimens Are Recommended in the U.S.? 미국에서 권장되는 HIV 치료 요법은 무엇입니까?
In the U.S., our most reputable source of HIV treatment recommendations comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The department convenes a panel of HIV treatment experts—a group of people that includes many of the top HIV care providers and community advocates in the country—who review recommendations regularly and tend to update them at least once every year.
The official name for these recommendations is “Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents Living with HIV,” but they’re often referred to as just the HHS HIV treatment guidelines. They are the country’s go-to resource for HIV care providers on what medications to prescribe to people living with HIV.
The HHS HIV treatment guidelines were last updated on Dec. 18, 2019. They recommend the following seven regimens as the best first-line HIV treatment options:
- Biktarvy (a once-daily pill containing three HIV meds: bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide).
- Triumeq (a once-daily pill containing three HIV meds: abacavir, dolutegravir, and lamivudine).
- Dovato (a once-daily pill containing two HIV meds: dolutegravir and lamivudine).
- A two-pill regimen of Tivicay (dolutegravir) plus Truvada (which contains two HIV meds, emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate).
- A two-pill regimen of Tivicay plus Descovy (which contains two HIV meds, emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide).
- A two-pill regimen of Isentress (raltegravir) plus Truvada.
- A two-pill regimen of Isentress plus Descovy.
The HHS expert panel gives its highest recommendation to these specific regimens based on research showing that they give most people the best possible chance to keep HIV at bay. They’re powerful, they’re not likely to cause serious side effects, and they’re easy to use—meaning they don’t involve taking a lot of pills, they’re easy to store, they don’t interact with most other drugs, and they don’t come with any rules around taking them with or without food (either is fine).
This list helps narrow your options down, but it still leaves plenty of questions. How do you choose between these six recommended regimens? What if you have a health condition or some other issue that might prevent one or more of those regimens from working correctly? What else do you need to know about how to make sure your first HIV treatment regimen is successful and continues to work indefinitely?
That’s where a knowledgeable HIV care provider comes in extremely handy.
Source The Body 11/2/2925