Impact of accessing methadone on the time to initiating HIV treatment among antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected injection drug users

AIDS. 2005 May 20;19(8):837-9. doi: 10.1097/01.aids.0000168982.20456.eb.

Abstract

We examined the impact of methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) on subsequent antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in a prospective cohort of injection drug users. At 24 months after enrollment, the rate of ART use was 69.7% among those who were on MMT at baseline and 44.4% among those not on MMT (log-rank P = 0.001). In a Cox model, the use of MMT was independently associated with an elevated rate of ART use.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Methadone / therapeutic use*
  • Narcotics / therapeutic use*
  • Patient Compliance*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Regression Analysis
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents
  • Narcotics
  • Methadone