Prospective Longitudinal Substance Use Patterns in Patients Preparing for Hepatitis C Treatment.

Carol S NorthDavid E PollioOmar T SimsMamta K JainBarry A Hong

Published in: Journal of dual diagnosis (2018)

This study's finding that different substances were associated with distinct clinical outcomes suggests the need to conceptually unbundle different types of substances in managing HCV. Future research is needed to examine the clinical utility of further unbundling these substances and also to further investigate effects of various amounts of use of these substances.

Keyphrases

drinking water
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
hepatitis c virus
prognostic factors
cross sectional
hiv infected