http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/up...abt=0002&abg=1
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Such a great article!
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/t...t?oid=20991643
Know your exposure. Know your risks. If your behavior is high risk, then along with whatever else you use, use condoms.
Last time i post in this, will this pill help yes if taken properly is it 100% no way, Wes can post all the links he likes but there is not a definitive number here also the side affects are real so if you have liver issues be careful with this pill. But if you want to fuck bare go right ahead. I just dont understand I gues
http://thegavoice.com/truvada-new-morning-pill/
A new trial suggests that Truvada is even effective if it is taken the day or and the morning after some delicious natural sex!
I think you understand perfectly- that seems a decent summary.Quote:
Originally Posted by kaientai
Ronnie Bass, executive director of HIV/AIDS outreach organization Someone Cares, who also warns, “It’s not a Band-Aid toward having unprotected sex."Quote:
Originally Posted by Westheangelino
I'd just like to give a fresh update to this topic:
I'll be participating in a year long Truvada study as of today! Went in for my pre-screening and came up negative! First step complete. In about two weeks I'll have my Truvada!
Today I had the opportunity to talk to researchers and Dr.'s themselves, and I would like to point something out about the IPREX study that has been discussed, debated, and misconstrued in this thread. They pointed out to me that during the study, they were able to isolate those who took their pills on a daily basis (this was accomplished by measuring drug levels in the blood) and discover that unlike the rest of the cohort that did not follow their regimen so closely, 99% OF THESE MEN AVOIDED HIV INFECTION. So, once and for all, that should lay to rest where I got the 99%.
About time your hard work paid off- do you get a discount based on post numbers?
Seriously, I hope it's what you want and works for you- but your last post points to a problem again.
These results are based on perfect usage. With perfect conditions condoms are just as effective, cheaper, and protect against a host of other diseases.
Please don't get the herps or something, Wes.
^ It's a study run through a prominent University. I'm not being paid through Gilead.
Also, how hard is it really to take the pill every day? I'll say it again: we trust women to do the same with something that has worse side effects merely to ward off pregnancy. We don't trust men to take a pill every day to ward off a deadly disease? What does that say about how we view ourselves and each other?
Clearly you didn't read my previous few posts about how a new study suggests strongly that taking the pill the day of and day after a possible exposure is just as effective. That remains to be seen, and the study I'm participating in will not be looking into that.
As far as effectiveness: condoms, when used perfectly (which is rarely) are only 95% effective. Truvada is 99% effective and far easier to adhere to. Also, studies suggest that it reduces your chance of getting herpes by 35%. Condoms are NOT effective against herpes. AT ALL
After many months on the wait list, I am finally receiving free Truvada through a study!!!!!!
Been on it for four days and have no side effects to speak of.
Wish you the best. Side effects won't pop up for a while. Now the question I have to ask, are you going to play it safe and use condoms in addition or do you think you will play it by ear?
Cause if you are using condoms for all your sexual interactions, then you don't have to worry about anything really.
what does that even mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Westheangelino
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Originally Posted by lifeisfiction
Planning on playing it by ear. I prefer it raw, but, for example, I hooked up with someone last night and they wanted to use a condom, so I did.
West say its not so. You are using condoms and Truvada. Now that's a great example of someone playing it safe. Yup, I am not disappointed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Westheangelino
As I've said before, I prefer raw, but I'm not going to walk out the door if the partner wants to wear a condom. If they want that layer of protection, awesome. I just now take comfort that I have a level of protection that works for me and won't make me feel guilty in the morning.
Several weeks in and no side effects! The only side effect I have is a lack of anxiety!
Is he dead yet? :dead:
^ Very much alive. Why the vitriol?
BBC News report:
'Give HIV drugs to healthy gay men:Healthy gay men should be offered daily HIV drugs to prevent infections, say UK Medical Research Council and Public Health England scientists.'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31601042
Pill taken before, after sex may prevent HIV
An HIV prevention pill, called Truvada, taken by gay men before and after sex reduced the risk of virus transmission by 86 percent, according to the results of a clinical trial
An HIV prevention pill taken by gay men before and after sex reduced the risk of virus transmission by 86 percent, according to the results of a clinical trial released Tuesday.
Truvada contains HIV treatment drugs tenofovir and emtricitabine, and is made by Gilead Sciences in California. In the study Truvada was taken up to one day before sex and the two days after.
The study, led by the French National HIV research agency ANRS, was presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle.
Until now, Truvada as a preventive measure has been prescribed only as a once-a-day regimen, not one that could be effective if taken around the time of sex.
While the latest evidence on the technique known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is not enough to change guidelines, it was welcomed as a novel approach to HIV prevention.
The study "provides the first evidence that an event-driven regimen is effective among high-risk MSM (men who have sex with men) with frequent sex," said Jonathan Mermin, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for HIV/AIDS.
Truvada was approved in 2012 by the US Food and Drug Administration as the first daily pill to help prevent human immunodeficiency virus in some high-risk groups.
- Three pills -
The latest trial, called IPERGAY, was a randomized, placebo-controlled study that began in February 2012 and was halted in October 2014 when an independent data safety review board found it had a high rate of effectiveness.
A total of 400 participants were enrolled.
Those in the trial were considered to be at high-risk of acquiring HIV because they were having sex an average of 10 times per month, and with eight partners every two months.
Some participants took a placebo, while others took Truvada two to 24 hours before sex, then again 24 and 48 hours later.
The research team "reported that PrEP reduced HIV risk among the MSM who were prescribed this regimen by an average of 86 percent," according to a statement.
Previous research on Truvada to prevent HIV has found that those who took it regularly could lower their risk of getting HIV by as much as 92 percent.
Most of the men in the study were taking Truvada four days a week, and it remains to be seen if the regimen would be as effective among men having sex less frequently
Mermin cautioned that it remains unknown whether Truvada taken only in the hours before sex and the two days afterward could work in heterosexual men and women, or injection drug users, or outside a tightly controlled trial.
"CDC continues to recommend only daily use of PrEP, as approved by the FDA," Mermin said.
"Daily, oral PrEP is recommended by CDC as an option for men who have sex with men, heterosexual men and women, and injection drug users."
- More PrEP study -
A second study released at CROI by the UK Medical Research Council found that daily oral PrEP using Truvada reduced risk of HIV transmission among gay men by 86 percent.
A third study examined the use of a daily pill to prevent HIV among heterosexual couples in which one person is HIV positive and the other is not.
Led by the University of Washington, the trial underway in Kenya and Uganda is probing the efficacy of PrEP as a transitional strategy, to protect one partner from HIV while the HIV-positive partner gets his or her viral load under control through antiretroviral medication.
"Preliminary results show that this dual strategy reduced the risk of HIV infection by 96 percent," Mermin said.
"These findings together provide encouraging additional evidence of the power of PrEP to reduce the risk of HIV infection."
Since PrEP does not work all the time, nor does it prevent sexually transmitted infections like syphilis and gonorrhea, health authorities say people should continue to use condoms regularly.
Common side effects of Truvada include diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, headache and weight loss
http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medi...hiv/ar-BBhVBug
Interesting articles. I wonder how many were using Truvada without condoms. Some people still use condoms while on Truvada. This gets more interesting each time. I really want to know the numbers for people who rely on Truvada alone as their main means of protection.
^ Two months in with no side effects!
I actually think once price comes down a bit more, lots of people are going to be on this...but I think right now Gilead is making more money from their Hep C drugs...so they are not actively marketing this drug :
http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/he...ing/2015-02-18
...Best of luck with the drug trial Wes !!
Here's an update on a new Truvada type drug for those interested .
By the way ,sorry to hear about poster "Westheangelino" ,heard he past away RIP.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6493/807
In my experience, some PrEP users are pretty cavalier about condom use and feel comfortable bare-backing.Quote:
Originally Posted by lifeisfiction
Yes he passed and he was right about a number things - great to see that he stood his ground against all the hostility that he received here for just trying to help us.Quote:
Originally Posted by sukumvit boy
Well said. Lots of comments in this thread are cringy with age.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFanti