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BESIDE - FIRST NATIONWIDE ANALYSIS OF RECREATIONAL/ILLICIT DRUG USE IN HIV-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS IN GERMANY SHOWS HIGH PREVALENCE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE WITH A POTENTIAL FOR DRUG-DRUG
INTERACTIONS WITH ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY
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Reported by Jules Levin
EACS Conference 2017, Milan, Italy, October 25-27, 2017
B. Funke1, H. Heiken2, U. Naumann3, S. Usadel4, S. Christensen5, V. Witte1
1MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Medical Affairs, Haar, Germany, 2Praxis Georgstrasse, Hannover, Germany, 3Praxiszentrum Kaiserdamm, Berlin, Germany,
4Praxis fuer Infektionsmedizin, Freiburg, Germany, 5Center for Interdisciplinary Medicine (CIM), Muenster, Germany
"Older patients ≥ 50 years predominantly use sedatives or heroin, with an increasing proportion of former or 'historic' users."....20% & more over 50 years old are using ecstasy, amphetamines...." and as you can see in table immediately below 35% over 60 use sedatives or tranquilizers !
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