Taking your anti-HIV medication properly is the single most important thing you can do to ensure the success of your anti-HIV treatments.

Adherence to your anti-HIV treatments involves the following elements:

• Taking all the drugs that make up your anti-HIV treatment regimen.

• Taking the right number of pills.

• Taking your drugs the correct number of times each day.

• Taking your drugs at the right time – (taking your medicines too late, or too early can be as bad as not taking them at all).

• Taking your drugs with or without food according to instructions.

• Making sure that your drugs don’t interact with other medicines prescribed to you, or bought over the counter. Herbal remedies and recreational drugs can also interact with anti-HIV medication.