A recently conducted study that has appeared in the publication of the New England Journal of Medicine has concluded that drugs which prevent the risk of AIDS; develop insulin resistance, which leads to diabetes and other heart diseases.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) affects the immune system of the body and the body fails to fight any sort of infections, thus leaving the body open to diseases.

The researchers noted that HIV protease inhibitor drugs block a protein that transfers glucose from the blood into the cells, so that it is used properly. Therefore, the insulin produced by the body is not used by the system effectively and raises the blood sugar level, which further leads to diabetes.

The Government estimated that over 25 million people died of AIDS since 1981 and more than 56,000 new cases of HIV are registered each year.

"Our lab has established that one of the effects of these drugs is blocking glucose transport, one of most important steps in how insulin works", Hruz said on Tuesday. He even added that the team has already started working for the creation of a new antiviral drug for HIV that doesn't cause diabetes.

In order to ascertain the conclusion of the study, further more tests would be carried out on the oral drug.