Magnitude and causes of first-line antiretroviral therapy regimen changes among HIV patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Zerihun AtaroBirhanu MotbaynorFitsum WeldegebrealMekonnen SisayTewodros TesfaHabtamu MitikuDadi MaramiZelalem TeklemariamZewdneh ShewamenePublished in: BMC pharmacology & toxicology (2019)
The original first-line regimen was changed in one-third of HIV patients on ART in Ethiopia. Toxicity of the drugs, TB co-morbidity, treatment failure, and pregnancy were the main causes for the change of the first-line regimen among HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- end stage renal disease
- hiv aids
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- hiv infected patients
- hepatitis c virus
- prognostic factors
- patient reported outcomes
- hiv testing
- peritoneal dialysis
- oxidative stress
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- south africa
- combination therapy
- preterm birth