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Originally Posted by fantASTic
While the drugs may overall tend to be very effective, any drug can be a degree of effectiveness based on the patient. Some drug therapies are obviously more pronounced in this effect (steroids for sarcoidosis comes to mind), but it still happens with all drugs. Specifically with AIDS, because many patients take it for such a long time, the virus can develop resistances to the therapies and become significantly less effective.
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I agree with you, but before these therapies, patients didn't live long enough for that to happen. It's hard to fault a drug that gives the patient so many extra years to actually develop a resistance. Yes, drugs have varying levels of effectiveness depending on the specific genetics of the patient and virus, but all in all, the drugs are VERY effective.