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Neuropsychiatric Effects of HIV Antiviral Medications by Glenn J. Treisman; Olivia Soudry is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Neuropsychiatric Effects of HIV Antiviral Medications about?
The development of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has dramatically increased the lifespan of HIV patients but treatment is complicated by numerous adverse effects and toxicities. ART complications include neuropsychiatric, metabolic, gastrointestinal, cardiac, and numerous other toxicities, and clinicians often have to choose one toxicity over another to offer the best medication regimen for a patient. Some antiviral drugs cause significant neuropsychiatric complications, including depression, cognitive impairment, and sleep disturbance. Even in careful studies, it may be difficult to determine which effects are related to the virus, the immune system, or the treatment. Of the six currently marketed classes of antiviral drugs, the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors have been most commonly associated with neuropsychiatric complications. Within these classes, certain drugs are more likely to cause difficulty than others. We review the contention regarding the central nervous system (CNS) complications of efavirenz, as well as debate about the role of CNS penetration in drug effectiveness and toxicity. A thorough working k
Who reads Neuropsychiatric Effects of HIV Antiviral Medications?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Glenn J. Treisman; Olivia Soudry
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)