New drug that prevents HIV?

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Women and straight men at high risk of contracting HIV should also have access to a pill that can help prevent the virus, says US health officials.

The government previously advised doctors to give the pill Truvada to high-risk gay and bisexual men only.

But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say straight people make up over 25% of new HIV cases each year.

Truvada has been used to treat Aids patients since 2004, but was approved last month as a preventive measure.

"That's not a portion of the epidemic we want to ignore," Dr Dawn Smith, CDC expert and main author of the new guidance, said of the decision to expand the advice for Truvada.

The medication has not been suggested for use by all sexually active people. Even among couples where one person is infected with HIV, using a condom is adequate protection, experts say.

But Dr Smith said the pill might be used, for example, by couples trying to have a baby.

When used as a preventive measure, the Truvada pill is taken once a day and can cost between $6,000 (£3,840) and $12,000 per year.

But some private insurance companies and Medicaid programmes have covered it, Dr Smith said.

Gilead Sciences, the company that makes the drug, has said it is difficult to know how many people are using the medicine as a HIV-prevention measure.

I'll be glad when there's enough data collected to make sure it's safe ! And when they approve it for use for everyone . It'll be nice to get back to the days where you only had to worry about the drip , or coming up with the extra scratch to get the............ !

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/survei...tm#hivaidsrace


Some PPL are 5times as likely to have HIV than others
READ THE FACTS! KNOW WHAT TO AVOID!

This is "Political Science" - paid advertising by the pharmaceutical industry - it's not medical science or fact. Considering how dangerous Truvada is, as well as all other HIV/AIDS drugs are to humans, an individual would have to be grossly ignorant, or an idiot to ever take them.

The way to prevent HIV is to avoid being tested. The cure for HIV is to ignore the fraud that it's harmful.

The so-called HIV virus (even though there is no evidence that it causes AIDS) presently provides a convenient, uncontroversial and safe whipping boy for outbreaks of illness. The harmless or nonexistent retrovirus has been thoroughly demonized in all avenues of the media. The HIV virus theory allows powerful medical and pharmaceutical interests to avoid confrontation in the media. Those who promote the infectious disease paradigm are well funded and publicized, sympathized and enshrined.

Drug manufacturers and doctors who claim they are fighting HIV/AIDS profit while minimizing discussions of the dangers of their products by cloaking their activities in the mantle of public safety.

Proving health damages or even being able to report health damage caused by other factors is difficult since medical personnel shy away from confronting the pharmaceutical industry and they are rarely trained to recognize illnesses caused by lack of nutrition, prescription drugs, environmental chemicals, or human lifestyles.

Side Effects & Warnings for TRUVADA
http://www.omsj.org/drugs/Truvada.pdf

HIV Drugs & The Diseases They Cause
http://www.omsj.org/drugs/matrix.htm

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Side Effects of Truvada

- abnormal skin sensations
- back pain
- cough
- darkened skin color on the palms of hands or soles of feet
- diarrhea
- dizziness
- gas
- headache
- indigestion
- joint pain
- loss of appetite
- nausea
- sinus drainage
- skin discoloration (small spots or freckles)
- strange dreams
- sweating
- tiredness
- trouble sleeping
- vomiting
- weakness
- weight loss

More side effects when using Truvada:

- severe allergic reactions
- rash
- hives
- itching
- difficulty breathing
- tightness in the chest
- swelling of the mouth, face, lips, throat, or tongue
- unusual hoarseness
- bone pain
- chest pain
- fever
- mental or mood changes (eg, depression)
- muscle pain or weakness
- numbness, burning, pain, or tingling in the hands or feet
- severe or persistent dizziness
- severe or persistent nausea or vomiting
- shortness of breath
- stomach pain
- symptoms of kidney problems (eg, increased or decreased urination, increased thirst)
- symptoms of lactic acidosis
- unusual weakness or tiredness
- unusual muscle pain
- fast or difficult breathing
- stomach pain with nausea and vomiting
- feeling cold, especially in the arms and legs
- dizziness or light-headedness
- fast or irregular heartbeat
- symptoms of liver problems
- yellowing of the skin or eyes
- dark urine
- pale stools
- persistent loss of appetite

The side effects and symptoms from taking Truvada resemble a person who is dying!

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The way to prevent HIV is to avoid being tested. The cure for HIV is to ignore the fraud that it's harmful.

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. Originally Posted by Mr. Bill

Ladies and gentlemen, please take not one moment to read anything Bill posts. He's a simple troll posting drivel of the lowest-common denominator.

The statement above should illustrate to even the least informed that this poster is dangerous beyond comprehension. His stated goal, on any thread concerned with HIV, is to create a superthread by cutting and pasting volumes of pseudo-intellectual drivel.

HIV is real. AIDS is real. And left untreated and untested, AIDS is deadly.

Ladies and gentlemen, please take not one moment to read anything Bill posts. ...to even the least informed... Originally Posted by JDNorthface

TRANSLATION: Do not think for yourself - never read or research anything. You are but simple half-wits unable to understand such matters. Only the superior intellect and guidance of JDNorthface is worthy of your consideration. When JDNorthface types ad hominems, close your eyes in dumbed-down subservience, then respond with glowing praise to his amazing abilities. Questions will NOT be tolerated!!!


pffft ... yeah right ... only in your mind.

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What is interesting is what absolutely posted.... Gay black men are more likely, statistically, to be at risk of contracting HiV. This is followed by blacks in general. This also translates into having sex with black men or women as a higher risk group category. I know we criticize those ladies that post "no black men" but I am guessing they are being statistically safer.

New pill that prevents HIV........

If I may quote a friend of mine (I actually don't know him)......There's no CURE for stupid- STUPID is forever!

Keep in mind this is all meant in good humor. I have had 3 good friends die of AIDS- NOTHING to joke about, I know. Certainly nothing you would EVER want to witness.

What happened to the good old days where penicillin cured everything? Ever seen the Military flicks with the cauliflower dick (genetalia) ? Scared the SHIT out of ME- maybe everyone should see them? Picking up SW and people in bars would become a rare activity........NAH! I digress to my original quote above. LOL

What happened to the good old days where penicillin cured everything? Ever seen the Military flicks with the cauliflower dick (genetalia) ? Scared the SHIT out of ME- maybe everyone should see them? Originally Posted by maxieryan

Yeah those films are a trip , even worse than the guy looking like cauliflower , was the lady that looked like blueberry pie .
Unbelievable how unrecognizable the human body can become !