Adhering to antiretroviral therapies. Editorial Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In 1999, the AIDS program conducted a survey of more than 1,000 patients in Sao Paulo [Brazil]. It found that 69 percent achieved 80 percent adherence, which means they took their medicine properly 80 percent of the time. According to Margaret Chesney, a professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco who studies behavioral factors in AIDS treatment, this rate is not sufficient to control the virus - which can kill even people who take their medicine faithfully - but it is no different from adherence rates in the United States. A study in San Diego showed that 72 percent of patients took their medicine 80 percent of the time.

publication date

  • March 1, 2001

Research

keywords

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • Patient Compliance

Identity

PubMed ID

  • 11313022

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 15

issue

  • 3