Tibotec has launched a free, confidential e-mail, voice-mail and text-message daily medication reminder service for people living with HIV. Though the service was designed to reach out specifically to people taking the company’s protease inhibitor Prezista (darunavir), anyone can sign up for the service.
Remembering to take your antiretroviral medications at the same time every day is critical for long-lasting viral suppression and avoiding the development of drug resistance. Similar services have been used with success in clinical studies of adherence.
People who prefer to have their reminders sent as a text message may be charged by their cell phone provider and should review their service contract before signing up for the dosing reminders.
NEW! Scroll down to comment on this story.
Please click OK to confirm your comment and confirm you accept our posting rules. Note your message will be reviewed by our staff before going live.
Previous Comments:
comments 1 - 1 (of 1 total)
Greg747, Patchogue, NY, 2008-06-24 10:58:33
Well woop de doo. Congrats, tibotec, hope you are impressed with yourself. Perhaps you forgot to mention that your medicine requires to be taken with food. And when I asked your company about offering food asssitance to the poor, I got no answer. Hmm. OK, poz.com, please join me in calling for CARE to be restored to the Ryan White act and ask these drug cartels to spend some money on emergency food assistance. HRSA doesn't anymore either.
"I'm HIV positive and diabetic (as well as have high cholesterol) and some of my meds specify taking them with 'high fat foods' which I have to do twice a day. I've eaten as healthy as possible, but when it comes to high fat foods, I am in a quandary...about what to eat sometimes..."
