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HIV makes copies if you miss doses
- As the anti-HIV medications work to stop the virus from making
more copies of itself, the amount of HIV in the blood (viral load)
drops dramatically.
- If you miss a dose of your NRTI or NNRTI, HIV can enter some
new CD4 cells.
- If you miss a dose of your PI, then HIV can make good copies
of itself to attack more cells.
- Although missing a single dose is not a disaster, the more you
miss, the more HIV will copy itself in you.
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Stay on anti-HIV medications to keep down viral load
- Your medicines are working if the amount of virus in your
blood goes down and remains low.
- "Undetectable" means that the number of HIV copies
in the blood is so low that it cannot be measured by blood tests,
but does not mean the virus is gone.
- That's why staying on anti-HIV medicines can help you live a
longer, healthier life.
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