Women Living With HIV/AIDS Who Binge Drink Are Less Likely to Take Their Antiretroviral Medicine as Prescribed

A new CDC study published in AIDS Care found that women living with HIV/AIDS in the United States who engaged in binge drinking were less likely to adhere to antiretroviral therapy or be virally suppressed compared with the women living with HIV/AIDS who did not drink alcohol. This increased their likelihood of negative clinical outcomes. Learn more about excessive alcohol use and risks to women’s health.