Do you have to take medication for life for AIDS?

Patients with HIV need to take antiviral drugs for life. There is still a worldwide lack of effective drugs to eradicate HIV infection. The goal of treatment at this stage is to maximize and sustain the suppression of viral replication in patients, to enable patients to obtain reestablishment of immune function and to maintain immune function, and to reduce the morbidity and mortality of HIV infection and non-AIDS related diseases. The treatment of AIDS emphasizes comprehensive treatment, including general therapy, antiviral therapy, treatment to restore and improve immune function, and treatment of opportunistic infections and malignancies. Among them, antiviral therapy mostly uses highly effective combination anti-retroviral therapy with multiple antiviral drugs, also known as cocktail therapy, which is currently the only effective antiviral therapy to prolong life.