title: Impact of accessing methadone on the time to initiating HIV treatment among antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected injection drug users.
abstract: We examined the impact of methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) on subsequent antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in a prospective cohort of injection drug users. At 24 months after enrollment, the rate of ART use was 69.7% among those who were on MMT at baseline and 44.4% among those not on MMT (log-rank P = 0.001). In a Cox model, the use of MMT was independently associated with an elevated rate of ART use.
authors.affiliation: British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hogg
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palepu
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Julio S G
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Montaner
mesh_terms: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents; D009294:Narcotics; D008691:Methadone