The study indicates that treatment naïve patients on either regime achieve similar and impressive levels of viral suppression, with nearly three quarters achieving undetectable virus at 24 weeks in the intent-to-treat analysis. Notably, the results indicate that Invirase 500/r may have the added benefit of significantly fewer patients developing elevated cholesterol and triglycerides. Elevated lipids – a common side effect of several medications used to treat HIV infection, may add to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Now that patients are remaining on effective HIV treatment for longer, keeping a person with HIV healthy during treatment includes more than just treating the virus – it is essential that other factors that impact on patient quality of life such as high cholesterol and GI adverse events are considered.>>> Discuss This Story
