Treatment even for a short time with combination therapy can reduce your viral load very quickly by a large amount.
Some anti-HIV drugs help reduce the risk of HIV transmission by crossing the placenta to the baby and blocking the infection, regardless of the amount of HIV in the mother’s blood.
September 2011
Decisions relating to your treatment should always be taken in consultation with your doctor. Information in this guide is intended to support those discussions.
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