medical Definition of highly active antiretroviral therapy
: the use of a combination of antiretroviral drugs in the treatment of HIV infection
Note:
Highly active antiretroviral therapy typically involves the use of three or more antiretroviral drugs from at least two different classes (such as reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors).
- In the last few years, the success of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in suppressing HIV viral load levels has given people infected with HIV hope for survival.
- —M. J. Friedrich, The Journal of the American Medical Association, 14 June 2000
