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Drug resistance

Roger Pebody
Published: 17 February 2012

It's important to always take your HIV treatment at the right times and in the right amounts. If you don't, HIV may become drug resistant.

When HIV is drug resistant, some anti-HIV drugs do not work properly.

Click here to see our illustrated leaflet giving basic information on drug resistance.

This leaflet is also available in French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

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