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Clinical Management
Clinical Management
HIV Treatment for Substance Users
- HIV-Infected IDUs in the HAART Era Survive in Rates Similar to That of HIV-Negative IDUs (January 14, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among Substance Users (June 2005)
Guidelines from the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute.
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From New York State Department of Health - Brown University Clinician Leads Way in Providing Competent Care to HIV/Hepatitis C-Coinfected Injection Drug Users (January 2005)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group - CD4 Counts Rise More Slowly in Former Injection-Drug Users on HAART (November 11, 2004)
The long-term immune system damage caused by drugs like cocaine and heroin is cited as a cause.
From aidsmap.com - Injection Drug Users Should Start HAART Earlier, Study Suggests (September 8, 2004)
From aidsmap.com - New Drug-Addiction Treatment Could Revolutionize HIV Primary Care for Drug Users (July 2004)
Buprenorphine has the potential to revolutionize prevention and treatment for HIV-positive drug users by allowing HIV clinicians to simultaneously treat drug abuse and HIV.
In Hopkins HIV Report - HAART Found Effective in Former Crystal Meth Abusers (January 13, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Injecting Drug Users More Likely to Progress to AIDS Even if Taking HAART (January 8, 2004)
HIV-positive injecting drug users are 45 percent more likely to develop an AIDS-defining illness and are less likely to have or maintain a viral load below 400 than HIV-positive people who don't inject drugs, even if they're taking HAART, U.S. researchers find.
From aidsmap.com - Nebraska: Prison Health-Care Costs Still Going Up (July 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Hepatitis, Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse: Managing the Triple-Diagnosed HIV Patient (July 2003)
Highlights for healthcare professionals from the IAPAC Sessions 2003.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care - Cocaine Addiction Treatment Dramatically Lowers HIV Risk (May 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Substance Abuse Center Takes Holistic Approach to Drug/HIV Treatment (April 15, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Directly-Observed Therapy in HIV-Positive Heroin Users (December 20, 2002)
From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange - Methadone and HIV Medications: Drug Interactions (Winter 2002/2003)
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In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project - Emotional Stress, Psychosocial Variables and Coping Associated With Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections in Intravenous Drug Users (November/December 2002)
In Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics - New Jersey: Inmates Will Get Care for Hepatitis (October 31, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Nevirapine and Protease Inhibitor-Based Regimens in a Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) Program for Intravenous Drug Users (February 26, 2002)
In The 9th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO - Care of Injection Drug Users With HIV (August 1998)
A clinical overview from an online textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite
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