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

[Westheangelino]

So, I can see how someone could say what I, myself, is saying is shite. After all, I am some jerk off on a message board just like all of you. But, are you also saying that new recommendations from the CDC, the WHO, the State of New York, the state of Michigan, etc. are also shite. If so, please elaborate.

[LilyRox]

So, I can see how someone could say what I, myself, is saying is shite. After all, I am some jerk off on a message board just like all of you. But, are you also saying that new recommendations from the CDC, the WHO, the State of New York, the state of Michigan, etc. are also shite. If so, please elaborate.

The thing I don't like about the product is that on the Truvada website one of their main target audience are people with partners they know have HIV. This comes off as extremely shady to me that they would even suggest doing this when encouraging people to have "safe sex".

Truvada has been proven to not be 100% effective. I've seen studies that range from 75%-90% effectiveness from different sources. Those are terrible percentages when you're talking about someones life. The fact that they would even try to sell this to people who have partners with HIV is only encouraging them to have sex. Ultimately sooner or later they will get HIV too. So to be completely honest it all comes down to the money for them.

Truvada also does not destroy the virus. It only "makes it harder" for the virus to multiply, the rest is up to your body.

As said multiple times before this post it is also very hard on your liver. The fact that they won't issue this to you if you had any liver problems in the past or are taking any medicine that's harmful to your liver means it can't be good for you.

One of the main things I really don't like about this drug is that a lot of people think it's a safe sex pill.

1. It doesn't protect you from HIV (it really doesn't at all. It slows down the multiplying of HIV and your immune system does the rest if you're lucky).

2. There are dozens of other sex diseases.

[Westheangelino]

The thing I don't like about the product is that on the Truvada website one of their main target audience are people with partners they know have HIV. This comes off as extremely shady to me that they would even suggest doing this when encouraging people to have "safe sex".

Truvada has been proven to not be 100% effective. I've seen studies that range from 75%-90% effectiveness from different sources. Those are terrible percentages when you're talking about someones life. The fact that they would even try to sell this to people who have partners with HIV is only encouraging them to have sex. Ultimately sooner or later they will get HIV too. So to be completely honest it all comes down to the money for them.

Truvada also does not destroy the virus. It only "makes it harder" for the virus to multiply, the rest is up to your body.

As said multiple times before this post it is also very hard on your liver. The fact that they won't issue this to you if you had any liver problems in the past or are taking any medicine that's harmful to your liver means it can't be good for you.

One of the main things I really don't like about this drug is that a lot of people think it's a safe sex pill.

1. It doesn't protect you from HIV (it really doesn't at all. It slows down the multiplying of HIV and your immune system does the rest if you're lucky).

2. There are dozens of other sex diseases.

OMG. I hate to use that acronym, but what you're saying is complete BS.

If taken every. single. day, Truvada is 99% effective. MORE effective than a condom. Do you think that a someone who is negative and in an LTR with someone POZ is going to forget to take their pill or be so careless? What do you suggest for that POZ person? Just use ONLY a less effective means of not infecting their partner or just be celibate forever?

Truvada absolutely DOES protect you from HIV. Period. It is difficult to contract HIV as it is, usually requiring multiple exposures. The drug works because it keeps HIV from gaining a foothold in your body, and it gets flushed out along with the other myriad pathogens our body comes across every single day. How do you think vaccines work? Polio, measles, etc. are always present. If you dont believe me look at the rise of these "dead" diseases in communities that are on the anti-vaccine bandwagon. It's ok to disagree with people who want to bareback only and not use condoms. I get it. It is NOT ok to just spout things that are NOT true.

Yes, there are dozens of other STD's. NONE OF THOSE CAN KILL YOU. And clearly you haven't read the articles I've posted about how new studies show that truvada reduces risk to HPV and Herpes.

[TSMichelleAustin]

Ill say it again, this is stupid as fuck! I had a partner who was HIV+ for two years, we had a great sex life, just with condoms. I am to this day still negative. So condoms are more effective then the BS u keep spewing on here.

[MrBest]

OMG. I hate to use that acronym, but what you're saying is complete BS.

If taken every. single. day, Truvada is 99% effective. MORE effective than a condom.

how can hiv penetrate latex?

[Westheangelino]

Ill say it again, this is stupid as fuck! I had a partner who was HIV+ for two years, we had a great sex life, just with condoms. I am to this day still negative. So condoms are more effective then the BS u keep spewing on here.

I can't speak to your sex life. I can only speak to statistics. You could have taken truvada daily and also been negative today. What is your point?

[Subbottom]

The long term effects are worse for healthy individuals from clinical research. Obama care is a solution??? It is each of of our own responsibilities to prevent this from growing out of proportion, and being the next generations responsibility.

[Westheangelino]

The long term effects are worse for healthy individuals from clinical research. Obama care is a solution??? It is each of of our own responsibilities to prevent this from growing out of proportion, and being the next generations responsibility.

So, we should try a condoms only strategy that has plateaued and let people continue to become infected? That makes no sense. How quickly would this have been adopted in the 80's or 90's? Think about it.

[Westheangelino]

http://nymag.com/news/features/truvada-hiv-2014-7/

[bluesoul]

westheangelino: have you considered contacting truvada's marketing team? you'd make a great spokesman for them.

in fact, you could use your avatar and photoshop to make it look like you're holding a blue pill, then at the bottom you can write "if you're going to take one pill this year, make it this one... it will save your life"

i'd also include your signature at the title of "former heavy popper user"