The protease inhibitors and the therapist

For doctors and patients, the psychological response to the success of triple combination therapy has evolved over time. Previously, AIDS diagnoses had always led to death, and now the development of protease inhibitors has changed this view. Many patients did well on the treatments, but others chose not to embrace the new treatments. Patients often have difficulty with shifting their focus from viewing AIDS as a death sentence to dealing with it as a chronic manageable disease.