Rescue therapy refers to non-surgical medical treatment in life-threatening situations. Commonly, rescue therapy refers to drug treatment for cardiovascular problems intended to regain normal heart rhythm. Less commonly, rescue therapy refers to multi-drug combinations for HIV

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

-positive patients who have developed resistance to the standard antiretroviral drug cocktails

Antiretroviral drug

Antiretroviral drugs are medications for the treatment of infection by retroviruses, primarily HIV. When several such drugs, typically three or four, are taken in combination, the approach is known as Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, or HAART...

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