Treating HIV/AIDS and Living with HIV/AIDS
Receiving a positive diagnosis for HIV infection changes your life forever. If you have recently been diagnosed with HIV, 
the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange website (listed in the Need More Info section below) this site offers helpful advice, information, and recommendations for people living with HIV/AIDS.
There is no cure for the HIV infection. Treatments, known as antiretrovirals, only suppress the virus replication in the body and disrupt the action of the virus. Advances in treatment have helped prolong the lives and improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS. However, antiretrovirals are not a cure. If treatment is discontinued, the virus becomes active again. Therefore, a person on antiretrovirals must take them for life.
Like all medications, HIV drugs can cause side effects. In most cases, the side effects are mild, like a headache or an upset stomach. In some cases, more serious side effects can happen, such as liver damage, heart disease or a severe skin rash. There may also be long-term side effects we don't know about yet. Many of the HIV drugs have not been on the market long enough for all the possible long-term effects to have been discovered. Some drug treatments for HIV also fail because some new strains of the virus have developed drug resistance.
The bottom line is that HIV/AIDS is still a deadly disease. Prevention is the only answ
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