Free iPhone HIV Treatment App
posted: 16/11/2010
HIV iChart, a free new iPhone application, has been launched by the University of Liverpool. HIV-iChart gives instant information about the way different HIV drugs interact with other mediations, for people with HIV and clinicians. The new iPhone app for iPhone and iPod Touch is based on the University’s HIV drug interactions website.
Drug interactions and side effects
In HIV treatment, people usually take a combination of three anti-HIV drugs, and may take other drugs to treat other health problems. The various drugs can all interact, affecting how well the treatments work and sometimes producing serious side effects. The iPhone app says which drugs should not be used, whether there is a need to monitor the response, adjust the dose, or make other changes in treatment.
Ward, clinic, and community uses
Professor David Back, Professor of Pharmacology, said: “We are delighted to launch this application for iPhones that will provide HIV patients and healthcare professionals with instant and easy access to information about HIV drug interactions that is relevant, reliable and up-to-date. HIV iChart can be used on a hospital ward or in a clinic, in primary-care units, health centres and the community. In addition to the HIV drugs interaction website, this new tool will increase awareness of how to manage the disease more effectively.”
Dr Ian Williams, Chair of the British HIV Association (BHIVA), said: “This technology provides a marvellous opportunity to greatly increase the ease of access to drug interaction information. This is a way of helping to maintain best practice.”
Free app
HIV iCharts is available free of charge and can be downloaded free from the App store in iTunes. The application is compatible with both the iPhone and iPod touch and only requires web access for the initial download and updates.
The application has been created by the HIV Pharmacology Group at the University of Liverpool and developed with eMedFusion, a division of the KnowledgePoint360 Group. It is supported by the Elton John AIDS Foundation, MSD and Janssen. HIV iCharts was launched at the Tenth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection which was held at the SECC in Glasgow.
HIV drug interactions website
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