Finding solutions to HIV/AIDS therapies for children
The majority of the Antiretroviral medications (ARVs) presently in use are developed for adults, with clinical trials on adults, and doses and dosage forms designed for adults. But children cannot be dosed like small adults, as their metabolic capacity to absorb ARVs is not simply proportional to their weight.
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- HIV/AIDS
Last reviewed date: 24 July 2009
Next review date: 24 July 2014