Antiretroviral therapy, People on ART take a combination of HIV medicines,
Antiretroviral drugs are TDF (tenofovir), either 3TC (lamivudine), or FTC (emtricitabine), and EFV (efavirenz).
Goals of antiretroviral treatment for HIV: Suppress HIV multiplication. The goal is to have no detectable virus in the blood for as long as possible. At this level, the virus is essentially shut down.