Why Don't HIV+ Patients Take ARVs as Prescribed?

Becky Kuhn, M.D. discusses factors patients say make it hard for them to take their antiretroviral medications (ARVs) on schedule as prescribed. This problem is referred to as "ARV noncompliance." Failing to take ARVs as prescribe can lead a patient to develop a strain of HIV that is resistant to the medications they are taking, require that the patient switch to other medications, and increase the risk of clinical AIDS and death. If you are on ARVs, please take them as your doctor has prescribed and talk with the doctor if you're having trouble taking them on schedule. Visit http://www.GlobalLifeworks.org and http://AIDSvideos.org to learn more. [This video is freely downloadable from http://www.archive.org/details/aidsvideos_prevent_arv . Want to learn more? Visit http://AIDSvideos.org/. Do you want to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS? Are you fluent in a language other than English? Then volunteer to translate our videos into other languages! Click http://AIDSvideos.org/translate.shtml to to learn how you can help!!! © Copyright 2007-2011 Global Lifeworks. All rights reserved. This work is licensed to be used for non-commercial purposes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.]

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Education

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• arv
• antiretroviral
• medication
• compliance
• HIV
• AIDS
• resistance
• drug

[evilbunnyrabbits]

Very sad. Dr. Kuhn, Thank you for your work and thanks AIDSVideos.