Friday, December 2, 2011

Cost of Living with HIV AIDS

HIV carriers can take drugs and minimize the effects of HIV in the body.  How much it costs?  More than what an ordinary Filipino earns in a month.  You have to take several drugs (two to three) in a day as part of an HIV patients antiretroviral treatment for life (until your death you have to take these drugs).  For the first line of drugs, it would cost a person at least 9,000 Pesos per month for the generic type and the second and third drugs are even more expensive.  In the US, it costs a person at least 1,000 US Dollars a month for antiretroviral treatment. 




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