title: Treatment for cocaine use may have HIV benefits. Study shows how to achieve best results.
abstract: While it is common knowledge that methadone treatment or any treatment that helps people quit injection drug activity can have a positive effect on preventing HIV infection, the impact of cocaine addiction treatment is less commonly understood. A recent study found an average 40% reduction in HIV risk behavior among cocaine-dependent patients when they are provided with intense outpatient psychosocial treatment.
mesh_terms: D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012309:Risk-Taking