Appendices: Antiretroviral Drugs, Drug Combinations and Drug Resistance

A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Treatment for People Living with HIV

These appendices contain more detailed information about currently available antiretroviral drugs and building treatment combinations.

Appendix A: The Viral Life Cycle and Antiretroviral Drugs
An outline of the HIV life cycle that shows how the different classes of antiretroviral drugs fight the virus at different points in the cycle.
Appendix B: Antiretroviral Drugs Available in Canada
A list of the currently available classes of antiretroviral drugs and the drugs approved within each class.
Appendix C: Building a Treatment Combination
An introduction to building an HIV drug combination.
Appendix D: First Combinations
An overview of first-time combinations.
Appendix E: Drug Resistance and Resistance Testing
An explanation of how HIV can become resistant to antiretroviral drugs and the tests used to detect drug resistance.