Updated HHS Adult and Adolescent Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines Now Available
Posted: March 27th, 2012 By: Michelle KipperUpdated Guidelines
Included in the additions are: new section on HIV and the older patient; new table on cost of antiretroviral drugs; updated recommendations on initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in treatment-naive individuals; expanded discussion of use of hormonal contraceptives in HIV-infected women; preliminary recommendations on coadministration of the newly approved hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3/4A protease inhibitors (PIs) boceprevir and telaprevir; recommendations on “when to start” ART in HIV-infected individuals diagnosed with tuberculosis but not receiving ART; discussion of the role of effective ART in preventing HIV transmission.