title: Many patients suffer from 'battle fatigue': survey.
abstract: A new survey underscores the problem of HIV patients' 'battle fatigue,' caused by years of taking antiretroviral drugs and coping with their side effects. AIDS Alert talks with survey consultant Charles F. Farthing, MD, chief of medicine at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Healthcare Center in Los Angeles and assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, to discuss the problem of AIDS battle fatigue and summarize the survey's findings.
authors.affiliation: AIDS Healthcare Foundation Healthcare Center, University of California at Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Farthing
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents