Solution+Research

2 Solutions 30 notes in all (15 notes each)


 * Solution 1: Medicine that helps you with HIV and AIDS**

" The Development of an AIDS Vaccine Is Not a 'Magic Bullet' Solution " by Committee on HIV Prevention Strategies in the United States. AIDS in Developing Countries. Nancy Harris, Ed. At Issue Series. Greenhaven Press, 2003. Committee on HIV Prevention Strategies in the United States, No Time to Lose: Getting More from HIV Prevention, edited by Monica S. Ruiz, Alicia R. Gable, Edward H. Kaplan, Michael A. Stoto, Harvey V. Fineberg, and James Trussell. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by the National Academy of Sciences. Reproduced by permission of the publisher. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Viewpoints&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010254214&mode=view&userGroupName=pl7053&jsid=093e47812262775ae28b7d955565120c

1. Economically a AIDS vaccine is risky because it is expensive and time consuming and most companies will not know if they will receive signification financial returns from their work on the vaccine. 2: Ever since the beginning of HIV and AIDS there has been a goal of research for a preventable vaccine which would prevent the disease or even prevent development of the symptoms. 3: A Therapeutic vaccine would slow or stop progression of the infection. 4: Other vaccine strategies including DNA vaccines and live virus vector, are still being investigated. 5: There is a concern about the availability of vaccines which can contribute to risk behaviors. 6: Prevention and education programs must be sustained to ensure behaviors to prevent HIV.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hivaidsmedicines.html

7. In the early 1980's, when HIV and AIDS began patients didn't live long. People today with HIV and AIDS have happier and longer lives. The main reason is because there are many medicines out in the world today that fight in infection. 8. Most medicine fall under three categories. 9. Reverse transcription: these medicines interfere with a important step during the HIV life cycle and it keeps the virus from reproducing itself. 10. Protease inhibitors: these medicines interfere with a protein that HIV uses to produce infectious particles. 11. These medicines block the virus from entering the bodies cells. 12. While these medicines help people with HIV, they still are not perfect. These medicines do not cure HIV and AIDS. 13. HIV and AIDS will still remain in the body, so even if you are taking medicine they still can transmit the virus to other people while having unprotected sex and sharing needles.

http://www.avert.org/treatment.htm

14. Antiretroviral drug treatment is the main treatment for HIV and AIDS. It does not cure but it can stop people from becoming ill for many years. 15. This treatment consist of drugs that have to be taken everyday and for the rest of a person's life. 16. The treatment keeps the amount of HIV in the body at a low level. This will stop the immune system from weakening. It also allows the immune system to recover from any damage HIV has caused already. 17. Taking two or more antiretrovrial drugs at a time is called a combination therapy. 18.Taking one drug, HIV will kill the medicine and it will stop working. Taking more then two, it reduces the rate of resistance to develop, making the treatment for effect in the long run. 19. There are more then twenty antiretrovial drugs approved but not all are licensed or available in every country. 20. At a beginning of a treatment the combinations of drugs that someone is given is called first line therapy. 21. Many factors must be weighed up when deciding whether to begin treatment including various test results.


 * Solution 2: Prevention**

http://library.thinkquest.org/C008272/solution.html

22. Prevent is a cure. 23. Abstaining from sex. 24. Wear a condom

http://www.planusa.org/content396753

25. Have information education and communication activities to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS.

(My facts from my head) 26. There is no actual cure for HIV and AIDS they only have medicine for people that helps the immune system and makes them feel a little bit better and will mostly live longer.


 * http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/aids/overview.html**


 * 27. There is no cure for HIV and AIDS but there is a variety of treatments**
 * 28. HAART is not a cure for HIV**
 * 29. Many drugs need to be taken to fight off HIV and AIDS**
 * 30.Research for vaccines and treatment is still developing**