Disease Treatment for Persons at Risk

This guidance can assist in the management and treatment of infectious disease in persons who use drugs.

Integrated Guidelines

• Integrated Prevention Services for HIV Infection, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis for Persons Who Use Drugs Illicitly: Summary Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HIV/AIDS

• Guidance on Use of Antiretroviral Agents
  • Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents
  • Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health & Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the United States, Public Health Service Task Force
  • Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection
  • Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection-Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV in the United States, Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Opportunistic Infections Prevention and Treatment
  • Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents
• Treatment for HIV-Infected Persons Who Use Drugs
  • Drug-Drug Interactions Between ARV Agents, Medications Used in Substance Use Treatment, and Recreational Drugs, NY State AIDS Institute/Johns Hopkins
  • Substance Use in Patients With HIV/AIDS: HIV Clinical Guidelines for the Primary Care Practitioner

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• STD Treatment Guidelines

Hepatitis

• Hepatitis A
  • Updated Hepatitis A Postexposure Prophylaxis and Traveler Vaccination Recommendations
  • Vaccine-Preventable STDs: Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis B
  • CDC Guidance for Evaluating Health-Care Personnel for Hepatitis B Virus Protection and for Administering Postexposure Management
  • Updated CDC Recommendations for the Management of Hepatitis B Virus–Infected Health-Care Providers and Students
  • Recommendations for Identification and Public Health Management of Persons with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
  • Recommended Viral Hepatitis Prevention Services, by Risk Population
  • Identification and Management of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg)-Positive Persons
  • Vaccine-Preventable STDs: Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis C: Screening and Medical Management
  • For Health Care Providers: National Hepatitis C Program, Veterans Affairs
  • Recommendations for Identification of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Persons Born During 1945-1965

TB

• TB Treatment