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Extensive Drug Resistance Has Become Rare Among People With HIV
Why Adherence Is Important
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What Is Drug Resistance?

Pharmacies Aren’t Doing Their Part to Aid in Opioid Disposal

A recent survey found that pharmacies are insufficiently educating the public about unused opioid and antibiotic disposal.

Trogarzo Bests Highly Resistant HIV

Expanded access study confirms the long-acting monoclonal antibody works well in people with extensive prior treatment.

ViiV Applies for FDA Approval of HIV Drug Fostemsavir

The attachment inhibitor performed well as an adjunct to an optimized antiretroviral regimen among those with multidrug-resistant HIV.

Extensive Drug Resistance is Rare

Researchers attribute the decline in multidrug-resistant virus, which began in 2004, to newer, highly potent antiretrovirals.

Gilead’s HIV Capsid Inhibitor Might Need Dosing Only Every 6 Months

Studies indicate that there is a very low likelihood that people with HIV have preexisting resistance to the medication.

Fostemsavir Can Best Drug-Resistant HIV

The attachment inhibitor plus an optimized antiretroviral background regimen suppressed HIV in the majority of study participants.

Treatment: Capsid Inhibitor

The investigational, injectable, long-acting antiretroviral is a potential new option for those with multidrug resistance.

Fostemsavir Offers Hope for Those With Few HIV Treatment Options

The attachment inhibitor plus an optimized antiretroviral background regimen suppressed HIV in the majority of study participants.

Gilead’s HIV Capsid Inhibitor Worked Well in 1st Human Trial

The investigational, injectable, long-acting antiretroviral is a potential new option for those with multidrug resistance.

Biktarvy Suppresses HIV Well in Women and Those With Drug Resistance

Currently, Gilead Sciences’ HIV regimen is not approved to treat drug-resistant virus.

New Combo Could Work as Backup Treatment for Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea

However, because this combo is not as effective as the current standard treatment, the search for new options continues.

CROI 2019: So Much More Than an HIV Cure Extravaganza

The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle saw many important studies that are advancing the fight against HIV.

Trogarzo’s Effects on Hard-to-Treat HIV Are Stable Over Two Years

Researchers followed a small group of people with highly drug-resistant virus taking injectable antibody.

Biktarvy Continues to Suppress HIV Well in Long-Term Follow-Up

This held true even among those with resistance to nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
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Pre-HIV-Diagnosis PrEP Use Linked to Higher Rate of Resistance to Truvada

This finding refers specifically to viral mutations conferring resistance to the emtricitabine component of the two-drug tablet Truvada.

Drug-Resistant Shigella Emerges in U.K. and U.S. Gay & Bi Men

The bacterial infection, passed through contact with feces, can prompt diarrhea, stomach cramps, fever, vomiting, weakness and fatigue.
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