Sequential Antiretroviral Adherence

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy.

INTRODUCTION The goal of HAART is to achieve maximal and durable suppression of virus replication. Adherence plays a very important role in success of antiretroviral therapy. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To find out the rate of adherence and factors that influence adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). MATERIAL AND METHODS The present study was conducted in the Department of Medicine in a tertia...

Predicting and monitoring antiretroviral adherence.

Antiretroviral therapy is complicated and can be hard to follow. For HIV-infected patients, adhering to a prescribed regimen of antiretroviral therapy provides important individual survival benefits, and also reduces the risk of developing drug resistant viral strains that can infect others. Even patients with initially high levels of adherence to antiretroviral therapy face the challenge of ma...

Adherence to antiretroviral treatment in adolescents

9 Abstract Adherence is defined as the extent to which the patient follows the agreed treatment modality or intervention required. Adherence or attachment is the cornerstone of therapeutic success. There is a resulting decrease in viral load and elevation of CD4 with significant improvement in quality of life. Appropriate future management and other therapeutic strategies decreased resistance t...

Adherence and Readiness to Antiretroviral Treatment

Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and Virologic Failure

The often cited need to achieve ≥95% (nearly perfect) adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for successful virologic outcomes in HIV may present a barrier to initiation of therapy in the early stages of HIV. This meta-analysis synthesized 43 studies (27,905 participants) performed across >26 countries, to determine the relationship between cut-off point for optimal adherence to ART and viro...