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Preventive treatments (prophylaxis)

From Treat Yourself Right • 5 January 2009

If you have a CD4 count below 200 you may be advised to start taking drugs that are designed to prevent specific diseases associated with AIDS. These drugs are often called ‘prophylactic’ treatments, and they are used to prevent conditions like Pneumocystis carinii pneumoniaAn inflammation of the lung, usually caused by infection with bacteria or other microorganisms, in which the air sacs of the lung become filled with inflammatory cells which solidify and inhibit breathing. (PCP); an AIDS- related pneumonia. You may need to take these preventive treatments in addition to ARVA medication or other substance which is active against retroviruses such as HIV. until your CD4 cell count improves.

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