Physicians Release HIV Publications and Guidelines

The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care has released publications in its Guidelines Regimen Information Program that provide HIV caregivers and allied health professionals with clinical information to improve their HIV patients' outcomes through antiretroviral therapy. 'As far as we know, there is no other comprehensive program devoted to promoting the evidence-based HIV treatment recommendations issued by governmental and nongovernmental medical bodies,' says IAPAC president Jos' M. Zuniga. 'GRIP will benefit HIV-treating physicians and'more important'their patients.' IAPAC offers six GRIP-related publications: GRIP Guide: Managing Cardiovascular Risk; GRIP Guide: U.S. DHHS Recommended Antiretroviral Regimens; GRIP Guide: Antiretroviral Drug Resistance; GRIP Poster: Strategies Against Antiretroviral Drug Resistance; GRIP Poster: Antiretroviral Regimens Recommended by U.S. DHHS; and GRIP Poster: Elements of Antiretroviral Success. The agency also has 12 regimen-specific cards available addressing Department of Health and Human Services recommended antiretroviral cocktails that can be used in the clinic or given to patients. IAPAC also offers several publications for HIV patients, including those focusing on mental health issues, cardiovascular disease, anemia, and metabolic complications. The materials can be ordered free of charge online at www.iapac.org; customers must pay for shipping charges, however. Some of the publications also can be downloaded from the association's site.