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| Question: | Can AIDS be cured now? |
| Answer: | Unfortunately, no. Medical scientists have developed a wide range of medications that can be used to slow the progress of AIDS, particularly the transition from an inactive to an active form of the infection, and these can allow patients to lead a normal life for many years, but they do not cure this viral infection.
The drugs must be taken in quite large amounts and often while following a very strict time regime. It may be necessary to take several capsules four or five times a day. These drugs also have side effects, and some patients find these difficult to tolerate, while others have minimal problems.
It is often a decade or more from diagnosis before the infection flares up into its final stages with these medications.
The best treatment is still prevention. |
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