The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in humans, including three or four active principles selected as: a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI) selected from lamivudine and emtricitabine a nucleoside or nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI) selected from didanosine, abacavir and tenofovir and the combination of ritonavir with a protease inhibitor (PI) selected from lopinavir, fosamprenavir, atazanavir and darunavir or an non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) selected from efavirenz and etravirine for daily administration to said human being one to four days per week.