他们研制了抗逆转录病毒的药物，使得长期带毒生存成为可能。
They designed antiretroviral drugs that have made it possible for HIV infection to be a survivable chronic condition.
由于较强的副作用，通常直到疾病恶化，病人才服用抗逆转录病毒的药物。
Patients are not usually placed on antiretroviral drugs until the disease worsens because of their side-effects.
“当我饿着肚子并担心没地方住时，服用抗逆转录病毒的药也很难起什么作用。” 她说。
"It is very hard to take the antiretroviral drugs without having any food in the stomach and when I am worrying about where I am going to live," she said.
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