does viread cure hiv-1 or aids?
viread does not cure hiv-1 infection or aids. the long-term effects of viread are not known at this time. people taking viread may still get opportunistic infections or other conditions that happen with hiv-1 infection. opportunistic infections are infections that develop because the immune system is weak. some of these conditions are pneumonia herpes virus infections and mycobacterium avium complex (mac) infections.