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Antiretrovirals
New antiretrovirals data have been reported by researchers at Johns Hopkins University
November 9th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal AIDS Patient Care and Stds, "High levels of adherence to antiretrovirals are important to prevent the development of genotypic resistance and achieve virologic suppression. Although the decreased complexity of regimens is associated with improved adherence, there is little evidence that adherence is better with once-daily dosing regimens compared to twice-daily regimens." "The relationship between adherence, resistance, and virologic suppression is different for different classes of antiretrovirals. Boosted protease inhibitor (PI)-based regimens are preferred to unboosted PI-based regimens for patients with...
Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-11-09)
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