Injectable AIDS drug may work 'as well' as pills: study

A two-drug cocktail injected every month or two may be just as effective as a daily pill at keeping the AIDS virus under control, said a study Monday that promised relief for millions.At present people have no option but to take lifelong, daily doses of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) which keeps the HIV virus under control, but does not kill it.People who forget to take their medication run the risk of the virus rebounding to make them ill, or developing resistance to the drugs they were using --