Nevirapine Concentration in Hair Samples Is a Strong Predictor of Virologic Suppression in a Prospective Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients.

Effective antiretroviral (ARV) therapy depends on adequate drug exposure, yet methods to assess ARV exposure are limited. Concentrations of ARV in hair are the product of steady-state pharmacokinetics factors and longitudinal adherence. We investigated nevirapine (NVP) concentrations in hair as a pr...

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Main Authors: Sanjiv M Baxi, Ruth M Greenblatt, Peter Bacchetti, Chengshi Jin, Audrey L French, Marla J Keller, Michael H Augenbraun, Stephen J Gange, Chenglong Liu, Wendy J Mack, Monica Gandhi, Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4460031?pdf=render