Polypharmacy in HIV: recent insights and future directions

EJ Edelman, CT Rentsch… - Current Opinion in HIV and …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Polypharmacy is a growing problem and mechanisms of injury likely include potentially
inappropriate medications, total drug burden, known pairwise drug interactions, higher level …

Frailty and HIV: moving from characterization to intervention

KM Erlandson, DA Piggott - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review While the characteristics associated with frailty in people with
HIV (PWH) have been well described, little is known regarding interventions to slow or …

Substance use among older people living with HIV: Challenges for health care providers

S Deren, T Cortes, VV Dickson… - Frontiers in public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Older people living with HIV (OPLWH) have higher rates of substance use (tobacco, alcohol,
and other drugs) than their HIV-negative peers. Addressing health care needs of OPLWH …

Polypharmacy, hazardous alcohol and illicit substance use, and serious falls among PLWH and uninfected comparators

JA Womack, TE Murphy, CT Rentsch… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Medication classes, polypharmacy, and hazardous alcohol and illicit substance
abuse may exhibit stronger associations with serious falls among persons living with HIV …

Polypharmacy and frailty among persons with HIV

M Sung, K Gordon, EJ Edelman, KM Akgün… - AIDS care, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Polypharmacy is associated with frailty in the general population, but little is known about
polypharmacy among persons living with HIV (PLWH) on antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. We …

Assessing the contributions of modifiable risk factors to serious falls and fragility fractures among older persons living with HIV

JA Womack, TE Murphy… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although 50 years represents middle age among uninfected individuals,
studies have shown that persons living with HIV (PWH) begin to demonstrate elevated risk …

Pain and unhealthy alcohol use among people living with HIV: A prospective cohort study

TP Palfai, MR Winter, KM Magane… - Alcohol: Clinical and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Unhealthy alcohol use is prevalent among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH)
and contributes to impaired functioning, diminished quality of life, and poorer HIV outcomes …

Alcohol and falls among people with HIV infection: a view from Russia and the United States

TW Kim, TC Heeren, JH Samet… - Alcoholism: clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and alcohol use predispose
to autonomic/sensory neuropathy, imbalance symptoms, and cognitive impairment …

Cardiometabolic health in people with HIV: expert consensus review

RL Batterham, RJ Bedimo, RS Diaz… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To develop consensus data statements and clinical recommendations to provide
guidance for improving cardiometabolic health outcomes in people with HIV based on the …

Impact of alcohol use disorder severity on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral suppression and CD4 count in three international cohorts of people with HIV

N Bertholet, R Saitz, JA Hahn… - Alcohol: Clinical and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Alcohol use has been linked to worse human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
immunologic/virologic outcomes, yet few studies have explored the effects of alcohol use …