Why were the initial HAART regimens NNRTI [non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor] based?
I know this was a retrospective, but when you need to be pretty adherent … Most of ours actually were PI [protease inhibitor] based, which is not necessarily the norm, in terms of, we think that most people probably would be started more likely on an NNRTI. But because our population had different issues with compliance, with not taking their medications regularly, most of them actually ended up being more often than not started on a PI base. Because issues with developing resistance are less of an issue with them. This was largely an African-American group? Yes, about 86%. What sort of adherence support is there in this clinic? In terms of helping them keep adherent? Well, we have different supportive people in our clinic. We have nurse practitioners, we have Pharm. D.s who make separate appointments to see the patients, go through their medications, help them with pill bottles, remind them of their appointments, things like that. We have a social worker in our clinic, as well. The
