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Article Commentary: Long-Term Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Limited Settings: A Bitter Pill to Swallow

Abstract

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is an important predictor of long-term treatment success. Adherence can be differentiated between early adherence challenges, that are about integrating pill-taking into daily life, and long-term adherence, where patients struggle to maintain clinical connections and interrupt clinical care and medication use. In resource-limited settings, treatment interruptions may be more useful predictors of patient …

Authors

Bangsberg DR; Mills EJ

Journal

Antiviral Therapy, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 25–28

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

January 2013

DOI

10.3851/imp2536

ISSN

1359-6535