… 2.1 Prevalence of Alcohol Use The effect of alcohol use on antiretroviral efficacy and adherence
is gaining increased attention. Alcohol use is both prevalent and widespread throughout …

… were less likely to achieve 100% 7-day adherence to antiretroviral therapy (Galvan et al. …
in substance abuse treatment services would improve the uptake of antiretroviral therapy, …

… the overall and drug-specific impact of substance use on ART … that substance use overall
would negatively impact ART … examined whether this effect differed by specific drug used. …

… describe the impact of ongoing illicit drug use on antiretroviral therapy adherence in HIV-infected
drug users, … In addition, we determined the impact of active drug use on HIV viral load. …

… treatment outcomes. This review discusses the current knowledge in substance use and
antiretroviral therapy … Studies continue to demonstrate the negative impacts of substance use …

… High levels of adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) are essential for …
We examined the effects of substance abuse treatment, current versus former substance use…

… Cooccurring pain, mood disorders, and substance abuse are … and substance abuse, on
clinic utilization, antiretroviral therapy … the main effects of pain, mood, and substance abuse on …

… the impact of AUDs on adherence to antiretroviral therapy (N = 20), health care utilization (N
= 11) and HIV treatment … , AUDs negatively impact adherence to antiretroviral therapy, health …

… define a group of alcohol abusers whose access to antiretroviral therapy was more compromised.
However, as noted above, HCSUS may exclude many alcohol dependent HIV-infected …

… facilitate rather than impede HAART adherence.We therefore hypothesized that marijuana
use alone is less likely to significantly impact HAART initiation than other drugs, and we did …