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- Title
Enhanced HIV Testing, Treatment, and Support for HIV-Infected Substance Users.
- Authors
Volkow, Nora D.; Montaner, Julio
- Abstract
The authors consider the claimed benefits of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-infected substance users. Findings from related research are analyzed. The reasons behind the increased interest in HAART use are discussed by the authors. Other topics discussed include the interagency consultation organized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health and the International AIDS Society, and the benefits of HAART in reducing morbidity and mortality in substance users.
- Subjects
HIGHLY active antiretroviral therapy; DRUGS of abuse; HIV; COMBINATION drug therapy; PEOPLE with drug addiction; SUBSTANCE abuse
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2010, Vol 303, Issue 14, p1423
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2010.421