A new, low cost AIDS pill will soon combine the three high cost medications, Sustiva,Viread and Emtriva into a lower costing one pill a day AIDS treatment.
Bristol-Myers and Gilead, the pill manufacturers have said they will make the pill available at a sharply reduced price for poor, developing nations.
The first complete treatment for AIDS that is taken once a day as a single pill is expected to be available soon.
The pill, which combines three drugs made by two companies, would be a milestone in improving the simplicity of treatment for the disease, experts say. It should make it easier for people to take their medicine regularly, which is important for keeping the virus that causes the disease in check.
Only a decade ago, when cocktails of AIDS drugs were first used, patients often had to take two or three dozen pills a day, some with food, some without, some so frequently patients had to get up in the middle of the night. Since then, the regimens have been whittled down to as few as two pills a day, and now, one.
This is a amazing discovery and will ease the treatment process for millions dealing with AIDS on a daily basis.
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