YOU ARE HERE:
Introduction
| Last updated: 14.10.05 |
If you're HIV-positive and you're taking, or thinking about starting treatment for HIV, you'll need to know about drug resistance. Resistance is an important reason why anti-HIV drugs can stop working. By learning about resistance and what can reduce the risk of it developing, you will increase your chances of getting the most out of your HIV treatment.
This booklet has been written to help you decide what questions to ask your doctor about any course of treatment you might be considering. We don't intend for it to replace discussion with your doctor about your treatment.
acknowledgments
This edition edited by Michael Carter.
Fifth edition 2005
NAM is grateful to the funders of this booklet series:
Department of Health, NHS South West London HIV and GUM Commissioning Consortium, Derek Butler Trust and Healthsure Charitable Trust.
Awards
The 2001 edition of this booklet was highly commended in the BMA Medical Book Awards 2002.
Thanks for the assistance of:
David Cornforth
Mortimer Market Centre,
London
Professor Janet Darbyshire Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London
Professor Frances Gotch
Department of Immunology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
Dr Margaret Johnson
Royal Free Hospital, London
Dr Deenan Pillay
Antiviral Susceptibility Reference Unit, Birmingham
Professor Jonathan Weber
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,London
Dr Mike Youle
Royal Free Hospital, London