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HIV drug resistance reduces the possible HIV medications a person can take due to cross resistance. In cross resistance, an entire medication class is considered ineffective in lowering a patient's HIV viral load because all the drugs in a given HIV class share the same mechanism of action. Therefore, development of resistance to one medication in a class precludes the use of all other medications in the same class. A blood test should be done to determine which drugs may be effective prior to initiation of treatment or during treatment to ensure resistance has not developed. [1]

  1. ^ "Drug Resistance". AIDSinfo. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved 31 October 2017.