2021
Polypharmacy-associated risk of hospitalisation among people ageing with and without HIV: an observational study
Justice AC, Gordon KS, Romero J, Edelman EJ, Garcia BJ, Jones P, Khoo S, Re V, Rentsch CT, Tate JP, Tseng A, Womack J, Jacobson D. Polypharmacy-associated risk of hospitalisation among people ageing with and without HIV: an observational study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2021, 2: e639-e650. PMID: 34870254, PMCID: PMC8639138, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-7568(21)00206-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyMedication countDrug-drug interactionsAntiretroviral therapyObservational studyPhysiological frailtyVeterans Affairs Health Services ResearchMore drug-drug interactionsRisk of hospitalisationRisk of admissionAging Cohort StudyHIV-1 RNANon-ART medicationsAdverse health outcomesNational InstituteHealth services researchAdditional medicationObserved medicationActive medicationCause mortalityMore medicationsCohort studyPrescription fillsHIV statusPrescription medications
2013
The Next Therapeutic Challenge in HIV: Polypharmacy
Edelman EJ, Gordon KS, Glover J, McNicholl IR, Fiellin DA, Justice AC. The Next Therapeutic Challenge in HIV: Polypharmacy. Drugs & Aging 2013, 30: 613-628. PMID: 23740523, PMCID: PMC3715685, DOI: 10.1007/s40266-013-0093-9.BooksConceptsAntiretroviral therapyHIV infectionSerious adverse drug eventsChronic antiretroviral therapyHarms of polypharmacyLifelong antiretroviral therapyRisk of polypharmacyCombination antiretroviral therapyNumber of medicationsAdverse drug eventsOrgan system injuryDecades of lifePhysiologic frailtyHIV patientsMore medicationsComorbid diseasesGeriatric syndromesImmune dysfunctionMedication adherenceMost HIVTherapeutic challengeChronic inflammationSystem injuryDrug eventsPolypharmacy