If you're HIV-positive and you're taking, or thinking about starting treatment for HIV, you'll need to know about drug resistance. Resistance is an important reason why anti-HIV drugs can stop working. By learning about resistance and what can reduce the risk of it developing, you will increase your chances of getting the most out of your HIV treatment.

This booklet has been written to help you decide what questions to ask your doctor about any course of treatment you might be considering. We don't intend for it to replace discussion with your doctor about your treatment.

Acknowledgments

This edition edited by Michael Carter.
Seventh edition 2007 - Reviewed annually

NAM is grateful to the funders of this booklet series:

Department of Health, Healthsure Charitable Trust and NHS London HIV and GUM Commissioning Consortium

Thanks for the assistance of:

• David Cornforth, Mortimer Market Centre, London
• Professor Janet Darbyshire Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London
• Professor Frances Gotch, Department of Immunology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
• Dr Margaret Johnson, Royal Free Hospital, London
• Dr Deenan Pillay, University College Hospital, London
• Professor Jonathan Weber, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,London
• Dr Mike Youle, Royal Free Hospital, London

Awards

The 2001 edition of this booklet was highly commended in the BMA Medical Book Awards 2002.