Impact of Opioid Substitution Therapy on Antiretroviral Therapy Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

This meta-analysis provides strong evidence that opioid substitution therapy improves several key outcomes of the HIV care continuum among people who inject drugs, including recruitment onto antiretroviral therapy, retention in care, adherence, and viral suppression.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Low, Andrea J., Mburu, Gitau, Welton, Nicky J., May, Margaret T., Davies, Charlotte F., French, Clare, Turner, Katy M., Looker, Katharine J., Christensen, Hannah, McLean, Susie, Rhodes, Tim, Platt, Lucy, Hickman, Matthew, Guise, Andy, Vickerman, Peter
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5036913/