PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tungsiripat, Marisa
AU  - Aberg, Judith A.
TI  - Dyslipidemia in HIV patients
DP  - 2005 Dec 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 1113--1120
VI  - 72
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/12/1113.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/12/1113.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2005 Dec 01; 72
AB  - Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are living longer, but as they do, non-HIV medical problems become more relevant. In particular, dyslipidemia, an important reversible risk factor for cardiovascular disease, has been linked to HIV infection and its treatment. Although controversy remains as to whether people with HIV infections will develop premature coronary heart disease, it seems prudent to manage dyslipidemia in these patients just as we do in our HIV-negative patients. Interactions between lipid-lowering drugs and antiretroviral drugs require special attention.