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Links
Useful Sites for Patients
- American Psychiatric Association
- Available at: www.psych.org/aids/index.cfm
- Information for HIV patients with psychiatric co-morbidities
- PDF files on adherence, HIV and anxiety, delirium, depression, pain, sleep disorders, mental illness, and substance abuse
- Planned Parenthood
- Available at: www.plannedparenthood.org
- Information on AIDS, HIV, and all other STD’s
- Guide for Parents to talk to kids about HIV/AIDS and STD’s
- American Social Health Association
- Available at: www.ashastd.org
- Information on multiple STD’s including prevention and testing
- Information on ordering the home-testing kits for HIV and hepatitis C
- AIDS.ORG
- Available at: www.aids.org
- Comprehensive information (local and global) on HIV/AIDS
- Search engine is powered by Google; very convenient to use
- AIDS Medication Information Site
- Available at: www.aidsmeds.com
- “HIV+ Owned and Operated” –created and run by HIV positive man
- Editor is a board-certified physician and HIV specialist
- Drug interaction tool and graphing tools available for patients to use
- HIVpositive
- Available at: www.hivpositive.com
- Video Library available for patients on many HIV topics
- Select ‘Main Menu’ to access video library and HIV information
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation
- Available at: http://www.aidshealth.org/
- Offers medical services to HIV positive patients without insurance
- Centered out of LA—no local sites for testing or medical attention
- AIDS Info NYC
- Available at: http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/
- Collection of AIDS/HIV web pages, good source for more HIV links
- Clinical Trials
- Available at: http://clinicaltrials.gov/
- Up-to-date information on clinical research with human volunteers
- Can browse by disease or condition, sponsor, or recruitment status
- ‘Linking Patients to Medical Research’
- The Body
- Available at: http://www.thebody.com/index.html
- The complete HIV/AIDS resource; one of the best sites available for patient information including a section for newly diagnosed patients
- Sponsored by 10+ drug companies, many links to drug companies
- AIDS Map Site
- Available at: http://www.aidsmap.com/
- Very comprehensive information resource for patients
- Search tool to find organizations in any country on any HIV topic (testing, treatment, needle exchange, children, etc.)
- AIDS Treatment Data Network
- Available at: http://www.aidsnyc.org/network/index.html
- This is the East Harlem HIV Care Network
- No local relevance; services for East Harlem residents only
- Department of Health & Human Services
- Available at: http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
- Broad source of information for any health condition
- Has information on recent health updates that are in the news
- Contains links to find recent clinical trials for patients
- Toronto Hospital Immunodeficiency Clinic
- Available at: http://www.tthhivclinic.com/
- Information on the clinic, directions, what to bring on your first visit, etc.
- Also includes HIV information, current research trials, and educational classes for patients with HIV/AIDS
- Food and Drug Administration
- Available at: http://www.fda.gov/
- Up-to-date information on recent FDA news, recalls, and regulations
Useful Sites for Health Care Professionals
- International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- Available at: www.iapac.org
- IAPAC Newswatch section for the most up-to-date global news
- Educational tools available for purchase, including their publication “IAPAC Monthly”
- Educational tools available free to members
- $190/year; $150 for MD, PhD or PharmD; $30 for healthcare professional students (including medical and pharmacy school)
- HIV Medicine Association
- Available at: www.idsociety.org/HIVMA_Template.cfm?Section=HIVMA
- Entire section on certification and training; CME for physicians only
- Practice guidelines available at no cost for HIV treatment
- Patient information brochures available for free download
- American Foundation for AIDS Research
- Available at: www.amfar.org
- CME for physicians only; conferences for any HCP
- Up-to-date news and research information
- Lists many AIDS benefits and donation organizations for AIDS
- American Psychiatric Association’s AIDS Resource Center
- Available at: www.psych.org/aids/index.cfm
- “Test your knowledge” quiz designed for healthcare professionals
- CME for physicians/psychiatrists
- Two-page patient handouts available for free download (PDF files)
- SUNY Lab for Antiviral Research
- Available at: http://tdm.buffalo.edu/
- Clinical research program with their objective to establish a drug interaction and TDM registry
- Membership available to HIV caregivers and organizations
- AIDSInfo
- Available at: http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/
- Individual sections for healthcare professionals, patients, and researchers
- Information on AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC)
- Information on clinical trials, including which ones are recruiting patients
- Treatment Information Service (ATIS)
- Available at: http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/
- This site is same as AIDSInfo, can be deleted as it is a duplication
- HIV InSite – ‘Gateway to AIDS Knowledge’
- Available at: http://www.hivinsite.com
- Textbook on HIV information
- Managed by the UCSF School of Medicine
- Not terribly easy to use, requires a lot of searching for information
- AIDS Research Information Center
- Available at: http://www.critpath.org/aric/
- Index of HIV/AIDS Links
- Index of AIDS articles (select ‘AIDS Library’)
- Difficult to maneuver and find information
- Infectious Disease Society of America
- www.idsociety.org/
- Includes practice guidelines, including a version for handheld PDAs
- Resource to find education and training, journals and publications, and meetings
- Links to HIVMA (HIV Medicine Association)
- The CDC National Prevention Information Network
- Available at: http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/index.asp
- Search tool to find educational conferences
- Can order patient education materials at no cost
- Clinical Trials
- Available at: http://clinicaltrials.gov/
- Up-to-date information on clinical research with human volunteers
- Can browse by disease or condition, sponsor, or recruitment status
- The Body
- Available at: http://www.thebody.com/index.html
- The complete HIV and AIDS resource
- ‘Breaking Research’ and ‘What’s New’ sections easy to use
- ‘Ask the Expert’ section
- John Hopkins AIDS Service
- Available at: http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/
- Medical education sections including weekly cases from Johns Hopkins Hospital and an archive of conferences
- HIV and Pocket Guides available after a free registration
- Harvard Aids Initiative
- Available at: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hai/
- Research and education aimed at ending the AIDS epidemic in Africa and Asia
- Very useful to find conferences, publication, current research projects and global AIDS prevention projects
- Toronto Hospital Immunodeficiency Clinic
- Available at: http://www.tthhivclinic.com/
- Information on HIV and infectious disease residencies for pharmacists
- Many useful tools: drug interaction tables, medications at a glance table, medication fact sheets
- National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project
- Available at: http://www.natap.org/
- Includes the latest breaking conference reports and upcoming conferences
- Current HIV articles and news updates
- Office of AIDS Research (OARS)
- Available at: http://www.nih.gov/od/oar/
- Scientific, budgetary, legislative, and policy elements of the National Institute of Health AIDS research project
Corporate Sites
Zerit (stavudine)
- Gilead: www.gilead.com
- Emtriva (emtricitabine), Viread (tenofovir), Truvada (emtricitabine/tenofovir), Hepsera (adefovir)
- GlaxoSmithKline: www.gsk.com
- Agenerase (amprenavir), Combivir (zidovudine/lamivudine), Epivir (lamivudine), Epzicom (abacavir/lamivudine), Lexiva (fosamprenavir), Retrovir (zidovudine), Trizivir (abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine), Ziagen (abacavir)
- Merck Pharmaceuticals: www.merck.com
- Roche: www.roche.com/home.html
- Fuzeon (enfuvirtide), Fortovase (saquinavir), Invirase (saquinavir),
Viracept (nelfinavir)
- Dupont Pharmaceuticals: www.dupont.com
- NO DRUGS, site is currently on links page and can be removed
Other Organizations
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
- American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA)
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
- The Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)
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