The present 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 (NRTI) selected from lamivudine and emtricitabine a nucleoside or nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) selected from didanosine, abacavir and tenofovir and the combination of a boosted or unboosted protease inhibitor (PI) selected from lopinavir, fosamprenavir, atazanavir and darunavir or an non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) selected from efavirenz and etravirine or an integrase inhibitor for daily administration to said human being one to four days per week.