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dc.contributor.authorDʼsouza, Gypsyamber
dc.contributor.authorMatson, Pamela A
dc.contributor.authorGrady, Cynthia D
dc.contributor.authorNahvi, Shadi
dc.contributor.authorMerenstein, Dan
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Kathleen M
dc.contributor.authorGreenblatt, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorBurian, Pam
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Tracey E
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-13T17:20:39Z
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dc.date.issued2012-12-15
dc.identifier.citationDʼsouza G, Matson PA, Grady CD, Nahvi S, Merenstein D, Weber KM, Greenblatt R, Burian P, Wilson TE. Medicinal and recreational marijuana use among HIV-infected women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) cohort, 1994-2010. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Dec 15;61(5):618-26. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318273ab3a. PMID: 23011399; PMCID: PMC3508315.en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1944-7884
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/QAI.0b013e318273ab3a
dc.identifier.pmid23011399
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/13889
dc.description.abstractBackground: Despite the major benefits of effective antiretroviral therapy on HIV-related survival, there is an ongoing need to help alleviate medication side effects related to antiretroviral therapy use. Initial studies suggest that marijuana use may reduce HIV-related symptoms, but medical marijuana use among HIV-infected individuals has not been well described.
dc.description.abstractMethods: The authors evaluated trends in marijuana use and reported motivations for use among 2776 HIV-infected women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study between October 1994 and March 2010. Predictors of any and daily marijuana use were explored in multivariate logistic regression models clustered by person using generalized estimating equation. In 2009, participants were asked if their marijuana use was medical, "meaning prescribed by a doctor," or recreational, or both.
dc.description.abstractResults: Over the 16 years of this study, the prevalence of current marijuana use decreased significantly from 21% to 14%. In contrast, daily marijuana use almost doubled from 3.3% to 6.1% of all women and from 18% to 51% of current marijuana users. Relaxation, appetite improvement, reduction of HIV-related symptoms, and social use were reported as common reasons for marijuana use. In 2009, most marijuana users reported either purely medicinal use (26%) or both medicinal and recreational usage (29%). Daily marijuana use was associated with higher CD4 cell count, quality of life, and older age. Demographic characteristics and risk behaviors were associated with current marijuana use overall but were not predictors of daily use.
dc.description.abstractConclusions: This study suggests that both recreational and medicinal marijuana use are relatively common among HIV-infected women in the United States.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://journals.lww.com/jaids/fulltext/2012/12150/medicinal_and_recreational_marijuana_use_among.14.aspxen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
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dc.titleMedicinal and recreational marijuana use among HIV-infected women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) cohort, 1994-2010.en_US
dc.typeArticle/Reviewen_US
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)en_US
dc.source.volume61
dc.source.issue5
dc.source.beginpage618
dc.source.endpage26
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.description.versionVoRen_US
refterms.dateFOA2023-11-13T17:20:39Z
html.description.abstractBackground: Despite the major benefits of effective antiretroviral therapy on HIV-related survival, there is an ongoing need to help alleviate medication side effects related to antiretroviral therapy use. Initial studies suggest that marijuana use may reduce HIV-related symptoms, but medical marijuana use among HIV-infected individuals has not been well described.
html.description.abstractMethods: The authors evaluated trends in marijuana use and reported motivations for use among 2776 HIV-infected women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study between October 1994 and March 2010. Predictors of any and daily marijuana use were explored in multivariate logistic regression models clustered by person using generalized estimating equation. In 2009, participants were asked if their marijuana use was medical, "meaning prescribed by a doctor," or recreational, or both.
html.description.abstractResults: Over the 16 years of this study, the prevalence of current marijuana use decreased significantly from 21% to 14%. In contrast, daily marijuana use almost doubled from 3.3% to 6.1% of all women and from 18% to 51% of current marijuana users. Relaxation, appetite improvement, reduction of HIV-related symptoms, and social use were reported as common reasons for marijuana use. In 2009, most marijuana users reported either purely medicinal use (26%) or both medicinal and recreational usage (29%). Daily marijuana use was associated with higher CD4 cell count, quality of life, and older age. Demographic characteristics and risk behaviors were associated with current marijuana use overall but were not predictors of daily use.
html.description.abstractConclusions: This study suggests that both recreational and medicinal marijuana use are relatively common among HIV-infected women in the United States.
dc.description.institutionSUNY Downstateen_US
dc.description.departmentCommunity Health Sciencesen_US
dc.description.degreelevelN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.journalJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
dc.identifier.issue5en_US


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