The FDA has approved more than 30 antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection. They're often broken into nine classes because they work in different ways. Doctors recommend taking a combination or "cocktail" of at least two of them. This is called antiretroviral therapy (ART). ...
The use of ART in HIV treatment has resulted in increased patient longevity and drug toxicity. The aim of this study was to devise a method for quantifying patient medications. We introduced the concept of a medication (reed) score that represents the ratio of amount of medication taken to ...
As of January 1, 2021, the viral suppression rate of adult HIV/AIDS patients in Meigu County who had been on antiviral therapy for more than 6 months was 89.5% (2465/2753), with a low overall resistance rate but a high rate of viral suppression failure [3]. The demographic characteris...
Over the past several decades, HIV has evolved into a chronic, manageable infection because of the progress made in early diagnosis, the speed of initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), and the quality of laboratory tests. Pharmacists collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive...
therapy (ART) is atreatment regimen for HIV infection with a combination of three or more classes ofdrugs. Each drug class attacks the virus in a different way at different phases of its replication cycle. ART controls the viral growth and minimizes the chances of transmission of HIV infection...
Since 2001, antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV (PLHIV) has been available in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). A key factor in the effectiveness of ART is good adherence to the prescribed regimen for both individual well-being and public health. Poor adherence...
Monitored antiretroviral dosing improved treatment response in a randomized, controlled trial of HIV-infected drug users Summary Although directly observed therapy is now the cornerstone of effective tuberculosis treatment, adapting the technique for HIV treatment has proven difficult: The extended duration ...
Simple adherence assessments to predict virologic failure among HIV-infected adults with discordant immunologic and clinical responses to antiretroviral th... We evaluated the association between two antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence measurements--the medication possession ratio (MPR) and patient self-...
Giving antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately after diagnosis for a limited period of time is more beneficial than postponing treatment in young infants infected with HIV, slowing progression of the disease and delaying the time to starting long-term ART, according to new research published inThe ...
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