Question

The most important factor in the success of any treatment of disease is the patient’s compliance in taking medications as prescribed or directed. Patient compliance becomes even more important when treating a notorious virus such as HIV. HIV can adapt to medications quickly and will develop resistance if medications are not taken as prescribed. Think of some of the important instructions that you can give to patients taking HIV medications.

Answer 1

For example, medication adherence is crucial for persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), because treatment lowers the amount of virus circulating in the blood, which improves the patient’s health and reduces the risk of transmitting HIV to others by >90% (15).

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