Special Considerations and Clinical Management of HIV in Patients With Substance Use Disorder
Summary
- Substance use disorder is central to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and is driving emerging HIV epidemics in the former states of the Soviet Union,[Abdala 2008] other Eastern European countries,[Uusküla 2008] Southeast Asia,[Perngmark 2008; Sharma 2009] South America,[Inciardi 2006; Pechansky 2006] and China[Yao 2009; Gu 2009; Fu 2008]
- The opioid epidemic in the United States and worldwide is fueling a resurgence of HIV and contributing to a substantial number of opioid deaths[Schwetz 2019]
- Opioid substitution therapies are effective strategies for primary and secondary HIV prevention[Mukandavire 2017]
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