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There is now a wealth of pharmaceuticals available to combat HIV/AIDS. There are literally dozens of anti-retro viral regimens (ARVs) that are able to both slow the disease's progress and prevent secondary infections and complications. Proper diagnosis and treatment will help to keep full-blown AIDS at bay for years. While there is no cure in sight, it has been brought under control with medicine – which may have negative consequences because people tend to relax their preventive behaviors when they do not recognize an illness as having the possibility of impacting their life. In other words, public health officials continue to lobby the public to practice ‘safe sex’ and avoid sharing needles in the case of intravenous drug use. The disease is far from extinguished and only proactive behavior will help to keep it under control.