Description: Discover how a comprehensive approach to HIV care can help lead to long-term treatment success. Watch the video to learn about setting treatment goals for your patients.
According to the most recent data available from the CDC, in 2011, 82% of HIV-infected patients who were engaged in care and were prescribed ART achieved suppression. Start with setting the right goals for your patients.
DERRICK BUTLER, MD: So, Cynthia and Leandro, what are the key treatment goals for patients who initiate ART?
CYNTHIA RIVERA, MD: My main goal is to get started as soon as possible and maintain whatever immune system function we have, maintain that, perhaps build it, and get our viral loads as low as possible as fast as possible, with the goal to get completely virologically suppressed.