Clinical Management
Clinical Management
Crystal Methamphetamine & HIV/AIDS
Overview
- Methamphetamine and HIV (Summer 2006)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation - Sources of Meth in the United States (July/August 2005)
Excerpted reports from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency that illustrate the range of places throughout the country where crystal meth is produced.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis - Treating Crystal Meth Dependency: An Interview With Yves-Michel Fontaine (July/August 2005)
Fontaine is a substance use counselor and educator who has worked at Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis - Crystal Methamphetamine and HIV -- A Catastrophe (July/August 2004)
Daniel Berger, M.D., medical director of Chicago's largest private HIV treatment and research center, explains why it's such a dangerous drug.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network - Public Health Messages to All Men Who Have Sex With Men About Crystal Meth Use (June 3, 2004)
Important advice and a list of resources people in the Seattle area can turn to for more help and information.
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Research & News
- Meth Use High Among Gay Men in North Carolina, Study Says (August, 2007)
In AIDS Patient Care and STDs - San Francisco to Study Whether Meds Can Reduce Meth Use -- And Risky Sex -- Among Gay Men (October 12, 2006)
In Bay Area Reporter - A Key to Methamphetamine-Related Literature (PDF) (May 1, 2006)
An index of methamphetamine-related journal articles.
From New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute - Crystal Meth Little Used by Gay Men in Britain, but More Popular Among HIVers (April 27, 2006)
From aidsmap.com - Crystal Meth Use Drops Among Gay Men in San Francisco (November 4, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Chicago Department of Public Health Stats Link Meth Use to HIV, Unsafe Sex (October 4, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Crystal Methamphetamine Use and Antiretroviral Drug Resistance: A Pilot Study of Behavioral and Clinical Correlates (October 2005)
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care - 900 Gather for First National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV and Hepatitis (August 23, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - AIDS Committee of Toronto Publicly Acknowledges Crystal Meth, HIV Transmission Link (August 18, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Crystal Meth Users 3 Times More Likely to Have HIV, San Francisco Study Finds (August 16, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Meth Use, HIV Infection Linked to Changes in Brain Structure That Can Impair Cognitive Functions, Study Says (August 15, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Webcast: Where Crystal Meth and HIV Meet (March 14, 2005)
A panel of experts gathered to talk about this risky combination; a transcript and video are available.
From kaisernetwork.org - No Man Is a Crystal Meth User Unto Himself (August 29, 2004)
In The New York Times - San Francisco: Dance of Death -- Crystal Meth Fuels HIV (May 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Methamphetamine Use Is Heightening Risks Among Gay Youth (October 23, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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