Drug Safety

Antiretroviral HIV therapy during pregnancy has special considerations

Published in AIDS Weekly, October 11th, 2004

According to recent research published in the journal Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, "Combined antiretroviral therapy can reduce the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to an unborn child to less than 2%.

"An HIV infected woman of childbearing age and her medical provider are in the unique position of making treatment decisions that not only will impact the woman's health but also that of her child," wrote N.Y. Rakhmanina and colleagues, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.

"Treatment recommendations for pregnant women infected with HIV state that therapies of known benefit to women should not be withheld during...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-10-11)

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