for Health Care Providers
Antiretroviral Therapy
VA Policies and Reports
- VHA Informed Consent For Clinical Treatments and Procedures
VHA Handbook 1004.01, August 17, 2009 - Treatment of Antiretroviral-Induced Facial Lipoatrophy in HIV-Infected Patients
Directive 2008-003, January 22, 2008
Updates
- HIV Meds Quarterly
Brief updates and analysis of new findings related to common therapies used by HIV clinicians - ARV Alerts
FDA announcements including safety reviews and label updates
Guidelines
- Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents
DHHS - Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the United States
USPHS Task Force
Manual Chapters
- ARV Interactions
Drug tables of ARV interactions with common medications, food and supplements, lipid-lowering medications, and psychoactive medications. (Primary Care of Veterans with HIV)
Clinician Tools
- The Image Library
Images of clinical symptoms of HIV, including dermatological, pulmonary, ophthalmic, and oral manifestations
Related Resources
- Antiretroviral Drug
Profiles
Profiles include background, approvals, formulation and dosing, clinical use, and resistance. From HIV Insite, a project of the University of California San Francisco. - Database of
Antiretroviral Drug Interactions
Searchable database by antiretroviral drug, interacting drug, or interacting drug class. From HIV Insite, a project of the University of California San Francisco. - Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry
In order to improve tracking of pregnancy-related adverse effects and fetal effects, the registry has been established as a collaborative project among the pharmaceutical industry, pediatric and obstetric providers, the CDC, and the NIH. Providers are encouraged to add to the available information on fetal risk by using this registry at first contact with a pregnant woman on ARVs. - HIV InSite Online Textbook
Chapters from the on-line textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.- Genotypic Testing for HIV-1 Drug Resistance
Discusses evolution of drug resistance, resistance to specific types of drugs, identifying and characterizing mutations, and limitations of testing.
- Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy
Reviews the current understanding of antiretroviral adherence, with a focus on describing the clinical implications of nonadherence and practical strategies for assessing and improving adherence.
- Assays for Antiretroviral Resistance
Covers genotypic and phenotypic resistance testing, drug resistance interpretation, and limitations of testing.
- Clinical Implications of Immune Reconstitution in AIDS
Discusses beneficial immune reconstitution as well as troublesome immune reconstitution disease (IRD) syndromes.
- Genotypic Testing for HIV-1 Drug Resistance
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