Treatment of medical, psychiatric, and substance-use comorbidities in people infected with HIV who use drugs

• Main Authors: Altice, F.L., Kamarulzaman, A., Soriano, V.V., Schechter, M., Friedland, G.H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4623/1/Altice-2010-Treatment_of_medical.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/4623/

HIV-infected drug users have increased age-matched morbidity and mortality compared with HIV-infected people who do not use drugs. Substance-use disorders negatively affect the health of HIV-infected drug users, who also have frequent medical and psychiatric comorbidities that complicate HIV treatme...