A Brief History of AZT, HIV's First 'Ray of Hope'
1996 is usually regarded as the year HIV changed. With the development and approval of the regimen of antiretroviral drugs known as HAART (highly-active antiretroviral therapy), an HIV infection no longer meant (or means) a lingering, painful death of colluding opportunistic infections. HAART offers at least the possibility of a reasonably normal and healthy life and lifespan. And more often than not it delivers.
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