The new drug cocktails slow the disease, but don't cure it.
PIs are too expensive for most people to get, and they're unavailable throughout most of the world.
No one knows what effects PIs would have on kids. However, we know that after AZT was approved by the FDA, it took three additional years to approve it for children. PIs are hard to take correctly. If someone can't follow the complicated regimen, the drugs can contribute to a new, drug-resistant viral strain and make them sicker. One in four new HIV infections occurs in someone under 21.