A drug designed to combat genital herpes can also reduce levels of HIV in the blood by 70%, a small trial in Africa has revealed. The herpes medication, valacyclovir, also appears to reduce levels of HIV in the genital tract.

Mayaud adds that some herpes drugs, such as acyclovir, cost just $40 per year while the triple-drug regimens normally used to lower HIV levels in patients cost anywhere from $150 to $300 per year.

However, it remains unclear whether valacyclovir would offer an additional benefit if taken with a triple-drug HIV treatment.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11231-herpes-drug-helps-control-hiv.html


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