Special Considerations and Clinical Management of HIV-Infected Drug Users
Summary
- DHHS guidelines recommend that ART be offered to all HIV-infected patients for both HIV treatment and prevention of transmission (Management Guidelines)[DHHS ART]
- PrEP in HIV-negative individuals has been shown to reduce risk of sexual acquisition of HIV[Grant 2010; Baeten 2012; Thigpen 2012] and to reduce risk of HIV acquisition in PWIDs[Choopanya 2013]
- CDC has issued interim guidance to clinicians on the use of PrEP in MSM,[CDC 2011] in heterosexual people,[CDC 2012] and in PWIDs[CDC 2013]
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