Terms, Conditions & Disclaimer

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Disclaimer

The information in this website/app is intended for use by and with experienced physicians and pharmacists. The information is not intended to replace sound professional judgment in individual situations, and should be used in conjunction with other reliable sources of information. Due to the rapidly changing nature of information about HIV treatment and therapies, users are advised to recheck the information contained herein with the original source before applying it to patient care. Decisions about particular medical treatments should always be made in consultation with a qualified medical practitioner knowledgeable about HIV-related illness and the treatments in question.


Neither Toronto General Hospital, Alberta Health Services, the Ottawa Hospital, nor the authors and contributors are responsible for deletions or inaccuracies in information or for claims of injury resulting from any such deletions or inaccuracies.  Mention of specific drugs, drug doses or drug combinations within this website does not constitute endorsement by the authors, Toronto General Hospital, Alberta Health Services or the Ottawa Hospital.

The opinions expressed herein are those of its authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Abbvie, Gilead Canada, Merck Canada Inc., and ViiV Healthcare.

We emphasize that program only checks for interactions between HIV or HCV drugs and other drugs, it will NOT check for interactions between sets of non-HIV or HCV drugs.

Also, program content focuses primarily on pharmacokinetic based interactions, and will not include comprehensive data on pharmacodynamics interactions, including QT prolongation.

Terms and Conditions ("Terms")

Last updated: January 10, 2016

 


Please read these Terms, Conditions & Disclaimer carefully before using the www.hivclinic.ca website (the "Service") operated by Immunodeficiency Clinic ("us", "we", or "our").

By using this site, you signify your assent to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to all of these Terms and Conditions of use, do not use this site. The Immunodeficiency Clinic may revise and update these Terms and Conditions without notice at any time. Your continued usage of the Immunodeficiency Clinic Web site (the "site") will mean you accept those changes.

Links To Other Web Sites

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Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Ontario, Canada, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Service, and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have between us regarding the Service.

Changes

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will try to provide at least 30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion. By continuing to access or use our Service after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, please stop using the Service.

PRIVACY POLICY

Thank you for visiting the HIV/HCV Drug Therapy Guide housed on the Toronto General Hospital Immunodeficiency Clinic Web site. General aggregate user data that will be tracked for both the web-based and mobile applications includes country of origin, new vs. returning visitor to the site, browsers used and sections of the guide that are used most frequently. Any identifying personal information will not be collected.

Accessing information from the HIV/HCV Drug Therapy Guide: This web-based application is housed on the Toronto General Hospital Immunodeficiency Clinic Web site at  app.hivclinic.ca. Future updates will include an application for mobile devices also.

Editorial Information

The Toronto General Hospital website has been in operation since 2000. The main objectives of the drug information portion of the website/app are to provide a comprehensive and centralized repository of current data on HIV/HCV drug therapy for health care professionals with a main focus on drug interactions, and to promote safe and rational prescribing of antiretrovirals and directly acting antivirals. The website/app content is updated regularly, and includes information from key international HIV/HCV conferences and recent publications in the medical/pharmacy literature.

The primary editors of the website/app content are:

• Alice Tseng, PharmD, AAHIVP,
• Pierre Giguère, MScPhm, AAHIVP
• Christine Hughes, PharmD
• Deborah Yoong, PharmD
• Karen Tulloch, BScPharm, ACPR, PharmD,
• Tessa Senneker, PharmD, and
• Salin Nhean, PharmD, AAHIVP, BCPS

The ongoing contributions of Michelle Foisy, PharmD, founding co-editor, as well as the following people are also gratefully acknowledged: Michelle Bender, Alison Wong, Bill Cornish, Margaret Ackman, Tony Antoniou, Cara Hills-Nieminen, Natalie Dayneka, Dominic Martel, Denise Kreutzwiser, Cherry Hui, Sanjeev Sockalingham.

Contact us at: app@hivclinic.ca

How to Reference this Site

HIV/HCV Drug Therapy Guide. UHN- Toronto General Hospital, Immunodeficiency Clinic; 2022 [insert date cited e.g. cited 2022 Jan 10]. Available from: https://app.hivclinic.ca/

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