title: Difficulties encountered with the use of antiretroviral drugs in India.
abstract: The improved availability and drastically reduced cost of antiretroviral therapy, largely due to generic manufacturing, has enabled an increased number of HIV-positive Indians to undergo antiretroviral therapy. But unless these drugs are used judiciously, treatment failures will cause the emergence of drug-resistant HIV strains. This is a grave danger not only to India but to the entire world. So far, antiretrovirals have had only a limited impact in India. HIV-infected patients require multidimensional care and the success of antiretroviral therapy depends on numerous economic, social, cultural, political, technical and infrastructural factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatovenereology and AIDS Medicine, GT Hospital and Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India. asaple@bom3.vsnl.net.i
authors.forename: Dattatray G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Saple
authors.forename: Satish B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vadrevu
authors.forename: Ved P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Jeetender P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ramnani
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006678:HIV / Q000187:drug effects*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D011361:Professional Competence; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents