eHIV Review

PLWH & SUD: A Clinical Perspective

In this issue:

The primary health concern for all individuals living with HIV should be managing their disease, particularly maintaining adherence to their ART treatment. Yet for many, the more immediate demands of their substance use disorder — whether for stimulants and/or opioids — take precedence and can readily become the central focus of their lives. What signals can help a clinician recognize a substance use disorder? How can they differentiate a clinical SUD from intermittent (even though harmful) substance use? What evidence-based treatments should they consider? 

Join guest author Dr. Ayesha Appa, a clinician and researcher specializing in HIV/infectious diseases and addiction medicine at the University of California San Francisco, as she shares her knowledge and expertise in the identification and management of substance use disorder in people living with HIV in this issue of eHIV Review.

Learning objective:

Describe strategies to improve identification and management of substance use in people living with HIV.