FXKing2012:

I forgot to add Prof Akunyili, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (author of purple hibiscus), kanu nwankwo (most decorated African footballer), Soludo (best cbn governor), Okorocha (best state governor), FXKing2012 (the best forex trader), the list is endless.

If u are jealous pls visit Lagos lagoon.

Knowledge9000:

Typical yoruba. By their fruits you shall know them.

Knowledge9000:

My friend you don't expect them to post us a medical journal of the research with all the medical jargons in it. We don't have time for all that my friend and most of us wouldn't understand and have no interest in all that. If you are educated you would know that when you relay a scholarly information to a lame person, you do as much as you can to convey such message in a way that they will understand. If you want to see results of how placebo compares to the actual med, go to the medical journal sites.

cramjones: The topic is also very deceptive "Breakthrough in HIV/AIDS Treatment" Crofelemer is meant for secretory diarreah which HIV/AIDS patients may have as part of the opportunistic infections affectingt he GI. This does not mean it is a breakthrough in HIV treatment as the headline stated. It is not a HIV drug...it can be used for non-HIV patients that has secretory diarroeah

ACM10:

I know that Nigerians love mediocrity. That's why you fell hook, line and sinker for this shoddy report. Instead of attacking the journalist who wrote the report, you are pointing your gun at me who tried to do some constructive criticism. Now I know why many Nigerians fell for Abalaka scam. All the reports of any new drug discovery contains some excerpt of its performance during clinical trial when compared with placebo and the mechanism of action of such drug. This is not a medical journal. I'm embarrassed by your comment.

Ryannn: HIV associated diarrhoea.. Can't u read? Olodo!of course its a break through

Truvada approved by FDA as first HIV-prevention pill

CBS News
(CBS News) Truvada has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as the first pill to prevent HIV.


Gilead Sciences' Truvada has been taken by people over 12 with human immunodeficiency virus in conjunction with other antiretroviral drugs since it was first approved by the FDA in 2004. The new approval applies in combination with safer sex practices for preventative use in healthy individuals who are at a high risk for HIV or who may have sex with HIV-positive partners.

Truvada for HIV prevention backed by advisory panel, FDA may decide by June
HIV advocates say Truvada could save lives
Once-daily Quad HIV pill an effective and safe alternative to multiple-pill regimens, study shows

"Today's approval marks an important milestone in our fight against HIV," FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg said in a press release. "Every year, about 50,000 U.S. adults and adolescents are diagnosed with HIV infection, despite the availability of prevention methods and strategies to educate, test, and care for people living with the disease. New treatments as well as prevention methods are needed to fight the HIV epidemic in this country."

In the announcement, the FDA strongly recommended against Truvada's use to prevent disease transmission in individuals who may already have HIV.

The most common side effects reported with Truvada were diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, headache and weight loss. Serious side effects were uncommon.

In May, a panel of expert advisers who make recommendations to the FDA voted to back Truvada's use for HIV prevention in healthy, high-risk individuals but the FDA was not bound to accept the panel's recommendation. The experts at the time questioned the drug's effectiveness for females, who have shown much lower rates of protection in the research.

Research showing Truvada may prevent HIV transmission first arose in 2010, when a government study found it cut infection risk in healthy gay and bisexual men by 42 percent, when accompanied by condoms and STD counseling. Another study found the pill may reduce HIV risk by 75 percent among heterosexual couples in which one partner is infected with the virus. Some doctors had already been prescribing Truvada off-label for HIV prevention.

Following the FDA advisory panel's initial recommendation in May, some HIV advocates hailed the announcement as "nearing a watershed moment in our fight against HIV."http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57473116-10391704/truvada-approved-by-fda-as-first-hiv-prevention-pill/

ACM10: @Knowledge900,

Your handle should be rightly replaced with Ignorance900. You are not more Igbo than me. But we need to remove our tribal lens when approaching this issue. Health discoveries subject itself to scientific protocols. We may never know who may be on the receiving end of this drug if it turns out to be a scam. Below is the news article on the announcement of HIV drug - Truvada by a media outlet.

Shaw007: I remember when this Nigerian Electrical engineer was made VC in ILLinois,the Ondo gUy.
and someone was saying he shouLd be brought back 2 Naija 2 head that sector here,

. . .i thinK we'v seen enough from Iwu,okonjo,bankoLe and sanusi who were all drafted back!

And its just best that they stay there and Let their smartness be miLked by people who vaLue them,instead of them being brought back here and converted to corrupt poLiticains that they were not from the start!

danny301:

Tribal bigot like you, when he was rigging election and destroying the beauty of democracy in Nigeria you did not bring tribe into it but now that something good is being attached to his name you are talking rubbish.....

Na wa o! Na so life be? Tribalism is tearing our beloved Nigeria to shreds, if u don't know. Can't we look beyond our nose for once, Ehn?

FXKing2012: Without boring you with the input of great Igbos such as Azikiwe, Mbadiwe, etc in the struggle for independence, here is a list of Igbos laundering the image of Nigeria and helping Nigeria to be respected within the international community:

Okonjo Iweala (World Bank VP and best finance minister), Ezekwesili (World Bank president for Africa), Prof Chinue Achebe (best Nigerian author and author of the best selling African novel), Prof Maurice Iwu (developer of HIV treatment drug), Don Jazzy (best African music producer), Chidinma (best African female singer), P.Square (best African music group), Flavour (best Nigerian male singer), Prof Akunyili (best NAFDAC DG), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (author of Purple Hibiscus and winner of multiple literary awards), Kanu Nwankwo (most decorated African footballer of all time), Soludo (best CBN governor), Okorocha (best state governor), FXKing2012 (best forex trader), etc etc.

Now, question is shouldn't Nigeria be more grateful to Igbos?
www.nairaland.com/1152207/should-nigeria-grateful-igbos

ACM10:
For God's sake, this is unnecessary; and is annoying.

NOIBMUUL:

And you think they've not found a cure for HIV yet? Or someone hasn't thought of isolating an immune serum from an ape? Young man, the American government won't release the cure, at least to the public. No they won't. The money is in the comeback medicine, and not in the cure. They'll rather disclose and announce drugs that will manage and patch the virus than release the cure. Be wise. The world is not a simple as we see it. Stay sharp!

kaorama:

U tink u are intelligent? U want to know d mechanism of action of an emerging drug on pages of newspaper or probably a tabloid? Why not also request for the active ingredients? Dont even know what kind of person u are.

ACM10:
For God's sake, this is unnecessary; and is annoying.

FXKing2012:

I forgot to add Prof Akunyili, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (author of purple hibiscus), kanu nwankwo (most decorated African footballer), Soludo (best cbn governor), Okorocha (best state governor), FXKing2012 (the best forex trader), the list is endless.

If u are jealous pls visit Lagos lagoon.

OsunOriginal:

That pathetic election rigger initiating a medical research?

Knowledge9000:

Thanks my brother. Please always remember to mention the Igbo greatest: Late professor Gordian Obumneme Ezekwe. The mechanical engineering professor, behind most of the Biafran homegrown inventions during the war. Indeed, He shocked the world. After the war, the United States had to send a private jet to bring him to the country to know how he got the knowledge.

Na so e be! STANDING OVATION!!!