title: Adhering to antiretroviral therapies.
abstract: In 1999, the AIDS program conducted a survey of more than 1,000 patients in Sao Paulo [Brazil]. It found that 69 percent achieved 80 percent adherence, which means they took their medicine properly 80 percent of the time. According to Margaret Chesney, a professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco who studies behavioral factors in AIDS treatment, this rate is not sufficient to control the virus - which can kill even people who take their medicine faithfully - but it is no different from adherence rates in the United States. A study in San Diego showed that 72 percent of patients took their medicine 80 percent of the time.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Laurence
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000821:virology; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents