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HIV Prevention Pill TRUVADA Is 100% Effective In Preventing HIV by raayah(f): 9:46pm On Sep 04, 2015
The study conducted at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco involved more than 600 high-risk individuals including gay and bisexual men, as well as heterosexuals and injection-drug users. These individuals were healthy at the time of enrollment and were put on a daily regimen of a blue pill called Truvada as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). In previous tests, the pill had been shown to prevent infection about 86 percent of participants.

In this trial, it was 100 percent. That's right, not a single person in the study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, became infected while on the drug.

The researchers said it wasn't clear from the study if the reported rate of sexually transmitted infections in the study is an increase or not and that further investigation is needed. They recommended that Truvada be combined with a parallel plan to prevent other STIs which may include the use of condoms, more frequent testing and discussions with prospective partners.

source : http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/09/04/in-new-study-hiv-prevention-pill-truvada-is-startlingly-100-percent-effective/

Re: HIV Prevention Pill TRUVADA Is 100% Effective In Preventing HIV by chemystery: 10:02pm On Sep 04, 2015
I heard some time ago that the drug have not been made commercially available. And there is no statement here saying it has! angry
Re: HIV Prevention Pill TRUVADA Is 100% Effective In Preventing HIV by Viktor1983(m): 10:03pm On Sep 04, 2015
That's a great achievement.
The corp behind this have struck gold.
Stock prices will be going beserk right now.
Re: HIV Prevention Pill TRUVADA Is 100% Effective In Preventing HIV by Nitefury: 10:29pm On Sep 04, 2015
At a price range of between $8,000 and $14,000 (N1.6m - N2.8m @N200 conversion rate) per year, Truvada isn't a drug for just anybody.

Sometimes one is forced to believe all these conspiracy theories about top pharmaceutical companies being the ones responsible for all these diseases.

It's more profitable managing diseases than outright cure.. And if there's a cure, make it damn expensive..

If you're not a millionaire, please still Zip or use a rubber.
Re: HIV Prevention Pill TRUVADA Is 100% Effective In Preventing HIV by decode55(m): 1:39am On Sep 06, 2015
Nitefury:
At a price range of between $8,000 and $14,000 (N1.6m - N2.8m @N200 conversion rate) per year, Truvada isn't a drug for just anybody.
Sometimes one is forced to believe all these conspiracy theories about top pharmaceutical companies being the ones responsible for all these diseases.
It's more profitable managing diseases than outright cure.. And if there's a cure, make it damn expensive..
If you're not a millionaire, please still Zip or use a rubber.


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Re: HIV Prevention Pill TRUVADA Is 100% Effective In Preventing HIV by OM65: 6:14am On Sep 06, 2015
Truvada is damn expensive. Thank God there are better and cheaper options. Self control and barrier protection still remains the best approach to prevention. As it is, Truvada was never made for the common man, the people at risk.

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