Ullah Khan, Kashif, Hayat Khan, Amer, Azhar Sulaiman, Syed , Ting Soo, Chow, Ahmed, Syed Imran, Haseeb, Abdul and Faidah, Hani Saleh (2017) Gender Differences in Adverse Drug Reactions during HAART Therapy in HIV/AIDS Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital Penang, Malaysia. Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research, 08 (08). p. 1000720. ISSN 2155-6113
Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-6113.1000720
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Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
Aims and objective: Current study is aimed to explore and observe adverse drug reactions occurrence of antiretroviral therapy and to examine the gender differences in treatment outcomes of HIV/AIDS patients during HAART therapy. Method: An observational retrospective study of all patients on HAART therapy diagnosed with HIV infection from January 2007 to December 2012 was conducted at infectious disease department of Hospital Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Patients socio-demographic, clinical and laboratory data was retrieved via self developed validated data collection form. Results: Out of 743 patients 571 (76.8%) were male and 172 (23.1%) were female patients. A total number of 425 (57.2%) adverse drug reactions were reported among which 311 (73.1%) occurred in males and 114 (26.8%) in female patients, with a significant statistical relationship (p=0.02, OR=1.21). Out of total ADRs (57.2%) observed in both genders, a significant association was observed in Lipodystrophy (p=0.05), anemia (p=0.02), Peripheral Neuropathy (p=0.02) and pancreatitis (p=0.01). A total of 455 (79.6%) male and 139 (80.8%) female patients have improvement in CD4 cells count at the final follow up, a significant association (p=0.05) was observed among the mode of transmission and treatment outcome. Conclusion: Overall, the ADRs observed in both gender emphasize the importance of developing safer HAART regimens and managing these adverse effects in a timely manner in order to avoid long-term health consequences.
Keywords: | Gender, ADRs, Lipodystrophy, HAART, HIV/AIDS |
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Subjects: | B Subjects allied to Medicine > B230 Pharmacy |
Divisions: | College of Science > School of Pharmacy |
ID Code: | 43063 |
Deposited On: | 18 Nov 2020 13:12 |
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