Strategies for third line HIV therapy

May 2008     View PDF     En español

Adherence

One factor that can lead to drug resistance is not taking your meds exactly as prescribed. People are far more likely to get and maintain undetectable HIV when they take more than 95% of their doses as prescribed. Even when adherence is nearly perfect, however, treatment failure can occur. More than one study found that drug-resistant HIV could be found even in people who adhered to their regimens most of the time. Identifying why adherence is challenging for you and doing something about it is important. (Project Inform’s publication, Adherence: Keeping Up with Your Meds, has helpful tips.)