Compliance/Adherence to HIV Treatments

Links

• Adherence Guide Picks: This gathering of links provides needed information on the ongoing problem of medication adherence
• AIDSMAP: Patient Information
• The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource: Treatment strategies: adherence to regimens
• Commonly asked questions about adherence to HIV medications
• HIV and AIDS News Stories: Adherence
• TheBody: reporting recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with HIV infection
Links to Medline searches on adherence and HIV

Article references

• Altice, F and Friedland, G. The era of adherence to HIV therapy. Annals of Internal Medicine. V129(6), 1998: 503-5
• Chesney MA et al. Adherence to HIV combination therapy. Social Science and Medicine. V50(11), 2000:1599-605
• Girard, P et al. A Markov mixed effect regression model for drug compliance. Statistics in Medicine. V17(20), 1998: 2313-33
• Kastrissios, H et al. The extent of non-adherence in a large AIDS clinical trial using plasma dideoxynucleoside concentrations as a marker. AIDS. V12(17), 1998: 2305-11
• Knobel, H et al. Adherence and effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Archives of Internal Medicine. V158(17), 1998: 1953
• Lerner, B et al. Rethinking non-adherence: historical perspectives on triple-drug therapy for HIV disease, Annals of Internal Medicine. V129(7),1998:573-8
• Malow, R et al. Adherence to complex combination antiretroviral therapies by HIV-positive drug abusers, Psychiatric Services. V49(8), 1988: 1021-2, 1024
• Martinez J et al. Adherence to antiviral drug regimens in HIV-infected adolescent patients engaged in care in a comprehensive adolescent and young adult clinic. Journal of the National Medical Association. V92(2), 2000:55-61
• Mehta, S et al. Potential factors affecting adherence with HIV therapy. AIDS. V11, 1997: 1665-70
• Miller L and Hays R. Adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy: synthesis of the literature and clinical implications. AIDS Reader. V10(3), 2000:177-85
• Mirken, B. How much does it really matter if you take your pills on time? BETA. September 1997: 9-13, 16
• Roca B. Adherence, side effects and efficacy of stavudine plus lamivudine plus nelfinavir in treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients. Journal of Infection. V41(1), 2000: 50-4
• Rodriguez-Rosado, R et al. Virological failure and adherence to antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. V12(9), 1998: 1112-3
• Sorensen, J et al. Medication adherence strategies for drug abusers with HIV. AIDS Care. V10(3), 1998: 297-312 
• Stephenson, J. AIDS researchers target poor adherence. JAMA. V281(12), 1999: 1069
• Tchetgen E. et al. Public health consequences of screening patients for adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. V26(2), 2001:118-29
• Tseng, A. Compliance issues in the treatment of HIV infection. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. V55(17), 1998: 1817-24
• Ungvarski, P. Improving patient compliance with HIV treatment regimens. JAMA. V280(20), 1998: 1745-6
• Walsh, J et al. Adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy assessed by anonymous patient self-report. AIDS. V12(7), 1998: 2361-3
• Williams, A. Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy. Nursing Clinics of North America. V34(1), 1999: 113-2

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