LGBT News Truvada Can Reduce Risk of HIV in Gay Men by 99%!

Ummm as a doctor he should know there are STDs other than HIV he needs to worry about.

 

That is an excellent point... and something that people hopefully do not forget.

I just read this article here, which may also be worth a read. Of note, it says:

So in that light, a combination of caution, and several prevention methods, should be enough to render the risk nearly obsolete if one were vigilant about this.

 

It is indeed an important breakthrough, and should definitely be used by the HIV-negative partner in sero-discordant couples (where the other of the two is HIV-positive) in combination with condoms.

It is not a cheap drug by any means, and its use should be considered in the context of possible long-term side effects, but if it's on the market already, there probably does not appear to be any significant safety signals.

More to the OP's point however, condom use is still strongly recommended.

 

This scares me IF DONE IN THE WRONG MANNER.
99% is still not 100. I worry that people will see this as an easy ticket out. "Oh, I took the pill. Who cares if I have guys not use condoms? I'm protected!"

I believe I heard of this as being used for partners of positive patients? Could be wrong, but that seems really useful. So, if we still work on safe sex practices and get people to use condoms and use this as an EXTRA precaution, then we will be much better off.

 

Yikes, I was reading that a month's supply, or one pill a day costs US $1,200. That's $40 per pill, per day. Not to mention frequent visits to the Dr.

I guess if you have good insurance, maybe...though so many people in the US don't, and could never afford something like this. All the medical advances on earth are no good to you, unless you can access them.

 

Some of the people quoted in that article just sound like morons...