TRUVADA: Why are we ALL not taking this???!!!!

[Westheangelino]

So, I had heard about PEP (post exposure prophylactic) to combat transmission of HIV, but I had always assumed it was a fail safe akin to the morning after pill for pregnancy that had serious side effects, wasn't nearly 100% effective, and was not covered by insurance. Low and behold, the FDA has approved a drug commonly used to treat HIV infected patients for HIV PREVENTION. The fact that every LGBT forum, newspaper, etc. is not broadcasting this from the hill tops is truly insane to me. The fact that the mainstream media has not reported this at all sickens me as it is just another example of everyone turning a blind eye to the AIDS genocide of the last 30 yrs. Read the posted article. Some of the statements in it are utterly ridiculous.

http://www.out.com/news-opinion/2013...prep?page=full

[Prospero]

Genocide?!!!!!!

[LibertyHarkness]

it has potentially really bad long term effects on the liver if used by healthy people ... also its not 100% efective its in medical reports has been stated potentially 90% effective ...

There has been talk of this on some industry forums for the adult sector... again its such a new drug and the possible side effects to liver damage are pretty significant ..

I had a chat with the medical clinic i get tested at and they have a huge wing that deals with HIV specifically. and they advised the risk to liver damage for someone say like an adult model to use this for say 7- 10 years is fairly significiant ..

Myself fuck that ... I would rather just keep on testing and wrap up ..

[Westheangelino]

Nothing has made me consider getting Obamacare until this. This is a human rights issue. No more, no less. Every gay man, transsexual, and trans lover should be told to go on this drug immediately.

[Jericho]

Nothing has made me consider getting Obamacare until this. This is a human rights issue. No more, no less. Every gay man, transsexual, and trans lover should be told to go on this drug immediately.

Or we could employ a little bit of commonsense and take some personal responsibility for our lives!

[Westheangelino]

^ How is this NOT doing that??? Half of all men who have sex with men will become HIV positive by the time they are fifty if current rates continue. We have plateaued in our efforts to combat this endemic disease through condoms. Let's live in reality. I'm not saying that we should go back to the utter hedonism of the 70's (yet), but the reality is that people WILL be careless and not use a condom every time. So, why not have this extra safety net?

[Torris]

Do you run into the problem of using a prophylatic where the virus (also an evolutionary creature after all) develops a super strain to combat the med

Akin to the lessening effect of antibiotics for staph infection, etc

I was laid up in the hospital two years ago with staph infection. One of the reason my doctor said the antibiotics worked so well for me was because I hadn't had a scrip since I was in grade school.

I know people who take antibiotics for seasonal allergy. Doctors give them out like candy.

Or is this comparison (truvada v. antibiotic tolerance) apples and oranges.

Just guessing with my comment

[Westheangelino]

Do you run into the problem of using a prophylatic where the virus (also an evolutionary creature after all) develops a super strain to combat the med

Akin to the lessening effect of antibiotics for staph infection, etc

I was laid up in the hospital two years ago with staph infection. One of the reason my doctor said the antibiotics worked so well for me was because I hadn't had a scrip since I was in grade school.

I know people who take antibiotics for seasonal allergy. Doctors give them out like candy.

Or is this comparison (truvada v. antibiotic tolerance) apples and oranges.

Just guessing with my comment

All of the articles I've read breach this issue. Basically, if you use this like a party drug (i..e you only take it after a night of vigorous barebacking and drugs) then a resistant strain is possible. Used correctly, this isn't going to happen.

[Torris]

All of the articles I've read breach this issue. Basically, if you use this like a party drug (i..e you only take it after a night of vigorous barebacking and drugs) then a resistant strain is possible. Used correctly, this isn't going to happen.
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Absolutely right. In my case after they put me on two oral antibiotics as opposed to the IV I had in ICU every single doctor and pharmacist was adamant I take every pill for both scrips no matter how well I was feeling.

So to your point: can sex workers be prescribed truvada in perpetuity by their doctors? What are the limits of such a program?

[Westheangelino]

^ That is EXACTLY what some doctors are doing. Sex workers, men who have sex with men, IV drug users, transsexuals......ALL are groups disproportionately infected with HIV year after year. All should go on Truvada. Think of it as a birth control pill for the anally inclined.