PREP: Who is on Truvada?

[Westheangelino]

Hey all! Been quite awhile since I posted on here. I'd love to know where the forum stands on the issue today. I remember using Truvada daily to prevent HIV infection met with quite a bit of skepticism and resistance only a couple years ago. I don't know about your communities, but it's kind of hard not to be informed now in L.A. There are billboards, education campaigns, etc.

So....is anyone currently taking their blue pill? If so, how has your sex life changed since you started? Or has it changed at all?

[BLKGSXR]

Hey all! Been quite awhile since I posted on here. I'd love to know where the forum stands on the issue today. I remember using Truvada daily to prevent HIV infection met with quite a bit of skepticism and resistance only a couple years ago. I don't know about your communities, but it's kind of hard not to be informed now in L.A. There are billboards, education campaigns, etc.

So....is anyone currently taking their blue pill? If so, how has your sex life changed since you started? Or has it changed at all?

Only heard about it, and some of the local LA girls are on it. I wish most the escorts and bar regulars were on it, I've only ever heard good things about it.
A friend who lives in Thailand told me to go to the RedCross and I can get tons of it while I was there. Unfortunately, I did not BIG mistake I could have sent it home and made a killing lol.

[Westheangelino]

^ the window is closing! Soon, big cities will likely all have a free Prep program. Possibly even whole states. For example, the L.A. county dept of health is currently working on a plan to give it out for free to anyone who wants it. Simple numbers game of prevention vs. medicating someone with multiple drugs forever

[nysprod]

Only heard about it, and some of the local LA girls are on it. I wish most the escorts and bar regulars were on it, I've only ever heard good things about it.
A friend who lives in Thailand told me to go to the RedCross and I can get tons of it while I was there. Unfortunately, I did not BIG mistake I could have sent it home and made a killing lol.

One of the reasons U.S. drug prices are high (in addition to the greed of the companies) is the rampant counterfeiting of medications thru-out Asia, effectively closing off potentially huge markets.

[Westheangelino]

^ That is the huge danger with this drug. I hope no one is cruel enough to counterfeit this and sell it, but I'm sure it's happening. One thing to buy bunk molly or coke that's just baking soda, but this is your life. Go through a doctor folks! There are multiple ways to get this for free or subsidized, and as I said before soon it will be widely available for free! I just worry for those in countries where it isn't approved yet.

[Laphroaig]

West, the previous threads established that, while Truvada is effective in preventing the spread of HIV, it has no effect whatsoever in stopping infection of all the other nasty STD's that are out there, gonorrhea, syphylis, hepatitis, etc.

The threads also established that you were perfectly happy to irresponsibly ignore the risk of catching those and the multitide of other STD's out there, while barebacking on Truvada.

So, the questions are, after 2 years of barebacking while on Truvada.

1. Have you caught anything else?
2. Have you had any side effects?
3. Who's backing you to promote it this time?
4. Is it actually any more effective than the much cheaper option of condoms, which have the added benefit of preventing transmission of many other STD's?

You ducked most of those before, time now to answer (honestly).

[dreamon]

Hey all! Been quite awhile since I posted on here. I'd love to know where the forum stands on the issue today. I remember using Truvada daily to prevent HIV infection met with quite a bit of skepticism and resistance only a couple years ago. I don't know about your communities, but it's kind of hard not to be informed now in L.A. There are billboards, education campaigns, etc.

So....is anyone currently taking their blue pill? If so, how has your sex life changed since you started? Or has it changed at all?

The resistance wasn't to using Truvada, the resistance were to your frankly ridiculous claims that it could do things like prevent HIV 100%, or even cure it, and your insistence that condoms are now useless, despite the fact they prevent against other STIs and VDs. There is still risk in barebacking even with Truvada, and your claims are a bit too fantastical to be realistic. There is benefits to using PrEP but you can't act like it is 100% effective all the time.

[Westheangelino]

West, the previous threads established that, while Truvada is effective in preventing the spread of HIV, it has no effect whatsoever in stopping infection of all the other nasty STD's that are out there, gonorrhea, syphylis, hepatitis, etc.

The threads also established that you were perfectly happy to irresponsibly ignore the risk of catching those and the multitide of other STD's out there, while barebacking on Truvada.

So, the questions are, after 2 years of barebacking while on Truvada.

1. Have you caught anything else?
2. Have you had any side effects?
3. Who's backing you to promote it this time?
4. Is it actually any more effective than the much cheaper option of condoms, which have the added benefit of preventing transmission of many other STD's?

You ducked most of those before, time now to answer (honestly).

Some honest answers to your mostly dishonest questions:

1. I have had one case of chlamydia. This is not uncommon for a sexually active msm over the course of two years. In fact, I'd say it's quite normal and to be expected.

2. Absolutely zero side effects, which is also common with truvada for prep.

3. No one is paying me or has ever paid me to promote truvada. Years ago you lambasted me as some plant for Gilead, the manufacturer of Truvada, who was preaching the gospel for money. This is truly ridiculous, and I'm not ducking this or any other question and never have. I actually give a damn about people not contracting HIV and want everyone to know that there is now (and has been for three years) a viable option for preventing HIV other than condoms (which as a prevention strategy has only proven somewhat effective.

4. When used correctly Truvada is 99% effective. It all comes down to use. Do you expect a man to take a daily pill or to cover up with a condom during every sexcapade? You all know the answer whether you admit it out loud or not. Also, truvada has been shown to reduce the risk of herpes infection, something which condoms are not effective at preventing at all.

[Westheangelino]

The resistance wasn't to using Truvada, the resistance were to your frankly ridiculous claims that it could do things like prevent HIV 100%, or even cure it, and your insistence that condoms are now useless, despite the fact they prevent against other STIs and VDs. There is still risk in barebacking even with Truvada, and your claims are a bit too fantastical to be realistic. There is benefits to using PrEP but you can't act like it is 100% effective all the time.

Stop lying and putting words in my mouth. I never said Truvada can "cure" HIV. I do think that it can end the HIV pandemic in our lifetime, which is quite a different claim and something that a condom only strategy has proven incapable of coming close to doing.

99% effective is good enough for me.

[rodinuk]

.. Do you expect a man to take a daily pill or to cover up with a condom during every sexcapade?

Yes.