Injectable Long-Acting Cabotegravir-Rilpivirine Therapy for People Living With HIV/AIDS: Addressing Implementation Barriers From the Start.
Rogério Meireles PintoEvan HallRyan TomlinPublished in: The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC (2023)
Injectable cabotegravir and rilpivirine (CAB/RPV), administered bimonthly by a medical provider, is convenient and improves privacy and medication management. One year after approval, myriad implementation barriers threaten the access and sustainability of this life-saving innovation: (1) eligibility issues (viral suppression, drug resistance, and failed oral regimens); (2) injection requires medical provider and transportation to facility; (3) strict medication adherence; (4) life challenges-mental health, homelessness, joblessness; and (5) lack of insurance and high cost. Universal implementation of CAB/RPV calls for social, human, and health organizations to partner and provide HIV continuum of care and prevention services to facilitate CAB/RPV access and maintenance and for transparent health insurance billing practices to abate uncertainty concerning CAB/RPV's classification as a pharmaceutical or medical benefit and related cost implications.
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