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ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY
New Treatments for HIV: A guide for people with HIV
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Date Created/Most Recent Revision: April 1999
Last Reviewed by NRC: October 16, 2000
Authors and Affiliations: New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute
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Target Audience: Adults living with HIV/AIDS
Topic: Anti-Retroviral Therapy
Reading Level (SMOG Test): 10th Grade
Language: English and Spanish
Copyright Information: Not copyrighted
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This booklet informs people living with HIV/AIDS about combination anti-retroviral therapy. The booklet defines combination therapies, viral load testing, CD4 testing and types of protease inhibitors. It provides suggestions for people to consider when initiating therapy to assist them in making informed choices about treatments for HIV.
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The reviewers agreed that this resource might be most helpful to people newly diagnosed with HIV or for those initiating antiretroviral therapy. Reviewers commented that the text and reading level is "very simple, concisely presented and provides basic information." One reviewer found that this is not necessarily "new" information for all consumers, but it is very "readable and easy to understand." According to another reviewer this resource provides the reader with a "sense that these things (medications) can help" and that there "are choices available." The reviewers suggested that case managers, HIV peer educators, outreach workers and physicians, distribute this piece to patients.
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Permission to Reproduce? Yes
Permission to Distribute? Yes
Type of Material: Booklet
Cost per copy: One free sample copy free of charge to any requestor
Multiple copies: Free of charge to New York State residents and organizations. Out of state organizations are charged fees to cover production, shipping and handling costs.
Shipping Cost: Based on order
Ordering Contact: To request a single, sample copy of this booklet or to request a New York State Department of Health HIV/AIDS Consumer Materials Catalog and Order Form send a fax to: (518) 473-8814 or an e-mail to: hivpubs@health.state.ny.us Please be sure to include the publication title and number you are requesting. The publication number for this booklet is: 9287/English; 9286/Spanish.
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