Antiretroviral therapy and hypersensitivity

Hypersensitivity reactions have been observed with a number of different antiretroviral drugs, notably abacavir (Ziagen), the only nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor known to cause the condition. Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors can also cause hypersensitivity reactions, although less frequently, while some protease inhibitors and the fusion inhibitor T-20 (enfuvirtide, Fuzeon) can produce similar symptoms, although they may not be caused by a true hypersensitivity.

Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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