FDA review favors first drug for HIV prevention
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FDA review favors first drug for HIV prevention
A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that Gilead Sciences' Truvada appears to be safe and effective for HIV prevention. It concluded that taking the pill daily could spare patients "infection with a serious and life-threatening illness that requires lifelong treatment."
On Thursday a panel of FDA advisers will consider the review when it votes on whether Truvada should be approved as a preventative treatment for people who are at high risk of contracting HIV through sexual intercourse. The FDA is not required to follow the advice of its panels, but it usually does.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47345265/ns/health-aids/
http://www.hungangels.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=55700
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Prospero
Liberty wrote: "Another note about a cure .. do you really think the CDC and Pharmo companies will release a cure / vacine immediately upon one be ready lolz .. they have to much money to make at moment on people treating their condiitions rather than eradication of them at present ..."
A good point Ms Harkness. Your cynicism matches mine on this.
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Re: The AIDS epidemic: Beginning of the end?
Re: The AIDS epidemic: Beginning of the end?
Do you realize how many times we've heard a canard like this?
One step closer...Clincial trials begin...offers new hope...will be a miracle of our time.
Diabetes
Cancers
Obesity
Cardiovascular Disease
Hepatitis B
For g-d's sake even Acne.
Yup, still waiting for that snowstorm in Hell.
Re: The AIDS epidemic: Beginning of the end?
Re: The AIDS epidemic: Beginning of the end?
Even if Truvada worked as a preventative drug that you take every day (far from being a proper vaccine that is taken once only and may need to be topped up every few years), there are still many other STI's that can be transmitted/contracted through unprotected sex.
Having unprotected sex is a roll of the dice, pure and simple. There are some who have been quite lucky, and some roll craps their first time. It is a choice you make every time you have unprotected sex. It is also a choice you make for your partner unless you are both informed of potential risks. Because HIV can take a few months to show up on a test, you can be infected one night, have the test the next day and show as HIV Neg - and thus go about infecting others unknowingly.
An interesting question might be, if you knew you were HIV Pos, and someone wanted you to bareback them and they were Neg but were willing to take the risk, would you?
Pig sex is I believe more of men who are totally into barebacking, piss, no deodorant sweat ("man smells), etc.
