@article{6fa75fe28ba444b4a4d90392af16f93e,
title = "Recreational Use of HIV Antiretroviral Medication and Implications for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Treatment",
abstract = "Diversion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for recreational use is concerning for countries with high HIV prevalence. This paper presents reports of recreational use of ART among adolescents from two HIV prevention studies in South Africa: (1) a cross-sectional survey of N = 200 adolescents and (2) a qualitative study of pre-exposure prophylaxis with N = 57 adolescents and N = 25 clinicians. Among adolescents, 3% used and 14% knew someone who used non-prescribed ART for recreational purposes. Administration included smoking (71%), snorting (15%), injecting (15%), ingesting (15%), and inserting (3%). Participants predicted increased crime as recreational use of ART increased. Future studies should investigate prevalence, composition, and diversion of ART from HIV prevention and treatment.",
keywords = "Antiretroviral medication, HIV, Medication diversion, Nyaope, South Africa, Whoonga",
author = "Caroline Kuo and Danielle Giovenco and Teresa DeAtley and Jackie Hoare and Kristen Underhill and Millicent Atujuna and Catherine Mathews and Stein, {Dan J.} and Brown, {Larry K.} and Don Operario",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10461-020-02821-5",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "24",
pages = "2650--2655",
journal = "AIDS and Behavior",
issn = "1090-7165",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "9",
}
