Alexa Filley, PharmD, delivers a lecture on Common HIV Regimens and Opportunistic Infection Prophylaxis. She first reviews common human immunodeficiency virus treatment regimens and after, discusses patient/medication characteristics to guide therapy selection. Filley concludes her presentation by reviewing and applying Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Guidelines on opportunistic infection prophylaxis in patients with HIV.
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Dr. Anupama Raghuram presents a review of "HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)" by first discussing the HIV global burden of disease and transmission. She then presents the rationale for HIV PrEP as well as the efficacy and indications of HIV PrEP. Finally, she analyzes the initial barriers in prescribing HIV PrEP.
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Dr. Anupama Raghuram presents the "Basics of HIV Infection" by first discussing the epidemiology, pathogenesis and transmission of HIV infection. After, she presents the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection.
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Dr. Anupama Raghuram discusses OIs in HIV by first reviewing pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and select opportunistic infections in HIV positive patients. She then discusses challenges in diagnosis and treatment options for select OIs in HIV positive patients
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Dr. Raghuram presents and reviews the main classes of HIV medications and their mechanisms of action. She the explains the principles of HIV combination therapy and discusses some of the main side effects of the most commonly used HIV medications.
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