Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University at Buffalo
HIV Pharmaceutical Care Specialist
Adherence-Pharmacology Unit Coordinator
Erie County Medical Center
Email: lburow@buffalo.edu
Discussion Topics
Recommended Reading(s)
Antiretroviral Agents
Nucleosides
Non-nucleosides
Protease inhibitors
DHHS, Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in
HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents. February 4, 2002 (aidsinfo.nih.gov).
MEDSCAPE Quick Reference Guide to Antiretrovirals (Medscape.com)
Initiation of ARVT in Naïve Patients
DHHS, Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in
HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents. February 4, 2002 (aidsinfo.nih.gov)
Salvage Therapy
Gallant JE. Treatment Strategies for the Antiretroviral-Experienced
Patient MEDSCAPE HIV/AIDS Update 2002. (Medscape.com)
Adherence
Esch LD. Issues in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Pharmacotherapy
Practice: The Emerging Role of Pharmacotherapy Specialists in Enhancing
Antiretroviral Success. J Inform Pharmacother 2001;4:306-316 (http://hiv.buffalo.edu).
Esch LD,Shelton MJ, Hewitt RG, Morse GD. Pharmacologic and adherence factors complicating
antiretroviral therapy for HIV. Recent Research Developments in Antimicrobial
Agents & Chemotherapy; Volume 3(1999) Part II, Page 483-496
(http://hiv.buffalo.edu).
Stone V. Enhancing Adherence to Antiretrovirals: Strategies and Regimens. MEDSCAPE HIV/AIDS
Update 2002. (Medscape.com)
Adverse Drug Reaction Management
Dube, MP; Sprecher, D; Henry, WK, et. al. Preliminary Guidelines
for the Evaluation and Management of Dyslipidemia in Adults Infected
with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy:
Recommendations of the Adult AIDS Clinical Trial Group Cardiovascular
Disease Focus Group. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2000; 31:1216-1224.
Mallal SA. Mitochondrial Toxicity. MEDSCAPE HIV/AIDS Update 2002.
(Medscape.com)
Moyle G and Baldwin C. Management of Morphologic Changes During Antiretroviral
Therapy: Insights from Etiology. MEDSCAPE HIV/AIDS Update 2002.
(Medscape.com)
Drug Interactions
Resistance Testing
Drug Concentration Monitoring
Acosta E., Gerber J., and the Adult Pharmacology Committee of
the AIDS Clinical Trials Group. Position Paper on Therapeutic Drug
Monitoring of Antiretroviral Agents. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
2002;18(12):825-34.
Opportunistic Infections
Candidiasis
Cryptococcal meningitis
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Toxoplasmosis
MAC Infection
USPHS/IDSA. 2001 USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of
Opportunistic Infections in Persons Infected with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus. November 28, 2001.
(aidsinfo.nih.gov)
HIV in Women
Guidelines for the Use of Antiretrovirals in Pregnancy
(aidsinfo.nih.gov)
Pediatric HIV
Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric
HIV Infection (NPHRC).
(aidsinfo.nih.gov)