Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) was introduced for people with HIV and AIDS and is often referred to as the anti-HIV “cocktail” – it is a combination of three or more drugs, and is highly effective in slowing the rate at which HIV spreads in the body. The goal of HAART is to reduce the amount of virus in your body, or the viral load, to a level that can no longer be detected with blood tests. __