AIDS Drugs Considered for Use Before HIV Infection

by Brenda Wilson, NPR

Anti-AIDS drugs may help prevent infection, if taken shortly after exposure to HIV. Now some people are considering taking these drugs before exposure to HIV as a way to prevent transmission of the virus. But AIDS researchers say it's important, first, to understand the side effects of these drugs on healthy people.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, March 6, 2006