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News Briefs Simpler Therapy Can Help HIV PatientsDecember 26, 2002 A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! A new study concludes that HIV patients with cognitive impairment need simpler drug therapies to prevent them from failing to take their medications, which can lead to the development of drug-resistant strains of the virus. A three-times-daily medication regimen, which is often prescribed for HIV patients, caused patients with cognitive impairment to fail to stay on their medication schedule far more often than those taking medicine once or twice daily. The research does not prove that cognitive impairment causes HIV patients to lapse in their medication schedules; "in fact, it could be the opposite -- poor adherence to one's medication schedule may have many damaging consequences, including cognitive impairment," the researchers wrote. The full report, "Medication Adherence Among HIV+ Adults: Effects of Cognitive Dysfunction and Regimen Complexity," was published in Neurology (2002;59(12):1944-1950). Back to other CDC news for December 26, 2002 Washington Times 12.25.02; United Press International A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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