An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
October 29th, 2011
Will An Antiretroviral Patch Help Adherence? Doubtful …
This little nugget came up recently, found by our Journal Watch Executive Editor: Preliminary research suggests that a patch could deliver an AIDS drug to patients … The researchers successfully used transdermal patches to administer 96 percent of an AIDS drug to simulated skin over a week. “Still, the important limitation of pills, regardless of how few […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
Contributing Editor
NEJM Journal Watch
Infectious Diseases
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