Lack of Sustained Improvement in Adherence or Viral Load Following a Directly Observed Antiretroviral Therapy Intervention | Zendy

K. M. Berg | Zendy; Alain H. Litwin | Zendy; Xuan Li | Zendy; Moonseong Heo | Zendy; Julia H. Arnsten | Zendy

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Lack of Sustained Improvement in Adherence or Viral Load Following a Directly Observed Antiretroviral Therapy Intervention

Author(s) -

K. M. Berg,

Alain H. Litwin,

Xuan Li,

Moonseong Heo,

Julia H. Arnsten

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir537

Subject(s) - medicine , viral load , discontinuation , directly observed therapy , methadone , pill , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , anesthesia , pharmacology

Methadone clinic-based directly observed antiretroviral therapy (DOT) has been shown to be more efficacious for improving adherence and suppressing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) load than antiretroviral self-administration. We sought to determine whether the beneficial effects of DOT remain after DOT is discontinued.

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