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How does hormonal contraception affect HIV therapy?(Clinical report)
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June 22, 2007
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Unanswered questions about how contraceptive hormones interact with the immune system and with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs have raised concerns about the response to ARV therapy among HIV-infected women using hormonal contraception.
Until recently, no research had addressed these concerns. But one study, conducted among 154 HIV-infected women participating in the largest prospective study of the impact of HIV infection on U.S. women, found that hormonal contraceptive use did not reduce the effectiveness of the combinations of three or more different ARV drugs known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). (1)
Researchers compared the effects of HAART among 77 ...