title: HIV drug adherence: special situations.
abstract: Among the highly diverse population of persons living with HIV/AIDS are individuals with particularly challenging life circumstances that can be called "special situations." Substance abuse and homelessness are examples of special situations that require additional consideration when attempting to determine the appropriateness of prescribing complex antiretroviral regimens. When individual cases are examined in the context of relevant models of care and the principles of those models applied, such clinical decisions can be made with the patient. Withholding protease inhibitors from an entire population group, it is argued, is the epitome of practicing bad medicine.
authors.affiliation: San Francisco General Hospital, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lyons
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D011480:Protease Inhibitors