You’ve got to take the medication every day, in the right way. It doesn’t matter if you’re on combination therapy, taking a number of different pills a day, or a once-daily, one-tablet treatment. If you take your medication irregularly, your viral load can increase. The virus can even become resistant, so that you need to change medications.
Read more about adherence, drug resistance and changing medications:
Important issues around adherence
- Getting the right dose and taking the right number of pills a day
- Taking it at the right times every day
- Taking it with or without food
- Making sure the other medicines you take (including the contraceptive pill) are safe to take with your anti-HIV medication
