Other News In 2005
2005
Cutting-Edge Addiction Treatment is Approved
HIV/AIDS poses serious challenges both to people living with the disease and to their care providers. But when opiate addiction is thrown into the mix, it’s a struggle on an entirely different level.
In late 2004, HRSA established the Buprenorphine Initiative, which is being implemented through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Special Projects of National Significance Program. The mission of this project is to determine the effectiveness of buprenorphine for treating opioid abuse in HIV primary care settings. The 10 demonstration sites are coordinated by a technical assistance and evaluation center.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved buprenorphine in 2002 as the first medication for opiate dependence that can be prescribed in a primary care setting. FDA approval was authorized by the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000), which applies to certain controlled medications that may be useful in treating addiction. Buprenorphine, an opiate itself, was the first medication approved under DATA 2000 to treat symptoms of withdrawal and block opioid craving.
The availability of substance abuse treatments like buprenorphine in a primary care setting allowed HIV/AIDS care providers to move one step closer to a truly seamless and comprehensive care system by combating the barriers to HIV/AIDS care that drug addiction poses. Those barriers include trouble staying in care, adhering to treatment regimens, and the compounded health problems that result from the combined ravages of drug abuse and HIV/AIDS on the body.
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Toward Passage - 1986
HRSA Debuts First
AIDS Program - 1987
AZT Reimbursement
Program Launches - 1988
Pediatric AIDS
Grants Begins - 1989
HRSA Funds Move
Outside Epicenters - 1990
CARE Act Is Adopted,
Named for Indiana Teen -
The Early Years - 1991
HRSA Awards First
CARE Act Grants - 1992
Training Creates Access
to Expert Care - 1993
Largest Epicenters
Now Number 25 - 1994
AZT Is Found to Protect
Newborns From HIV - 1995
The Age of Combination
Therapy Arrives -
Adapting to Change - 1996
CARE Act
Reauthorized - 1997
Programs Unite
Under One Umbrella - 1998
Administration Addresses
Epidemic in Minorities - 1999
Minority AIDS Initiative
is Launched - 2000
Reauthorization Focuses
on People Not in Care -
A New Millennium - 2001
HRSA Publishes Treatment
Guide for Women - 2002
CARE Act Expertise
Goes Global - 2003
Global HIV/AIDS
Program Begins - 2004
HRSA Addresses
Severity of Need - 2005
New Treatment
for Addiction -
New Approaches - 2006
The CARE Act
Makeover - 2007
New Policies—
Waves of Change - 2008
Continuing Work
on Re-entry Programs - 2009
Improving
Performance Data - 2010
20 Years and
a Legacy of Care -
The Road Ahead - 2011
30 Years of AIDS:
Honoring the Past,
Looking Toward the Future - 2012
Care is Prevention