OBJECTIVES: This article reviews the evidence on the adverse health consequences of low
socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration among drug users …

There is a high prevalence of substance abuse and psychiatric disorders among HIV-
infected individuals. Importantly, drug and alcohol-use disorders are frequently co-morbid …

Objectives To examine the relationship between non-fatal overdose and risk of subsequent
fatal overdose. Methods We assessed risk factors for overdose death among two …

Adherence to protease inhibitors, HIV-1 viral load, and deve... : AIDS Adherence to protease
inhibitors, HIV-1 viral load, and development of drug resistance in an indigent population …

To compare electronically monitored (MEMS) with self-reported adherence in drug users,
including the impact of adherence on HIV load, we conducted a 6-month observational study …

Despite a burgeoning literature on adherence to HIV therapies, few studies have examined
the impact of ongoing drug use on adherence and viral suppression, and none of these …

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has resulted in reduced AIDS incidence and
mortality. Socially marginalized individuals with HIV infection, particularly injection drug …

Objective To examine the relation between plasma HIV-1 RNA concentrations in the
community and HIV incidence among injecting drug users. Design Prospective cohort study …

Background Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was introduced in 1997. We aimed
to assess the continuing effect of this treatment on survival and progression to AIDS after HIV …

Background: The safety of delaying highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-
infected patients is uncertain when the CD4+ cell count declines below 0.350× 109 cells/L …