You are beginning treatment on a patient with HIV. Besides drugs that are specifically targeted at HIV, what other group of medications would the patient be started on to avoid common complications of HIV?

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To avoid the common complication of infection in the patient with HIV, the patient would be started on empiric antibiotics. Teaching the patient how to avoid infection is an important part of patient teaching.

You Are Beginning Treatment on a Patient with HIV