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LENACAPAVIR, the twice-yearly injection that protects against HIV is now available in Nigeria! It cost only ₦58,000.

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Lenacapavir: Facts about latest HIV prevention drug

Lenacapavir is an approved HIV treatment given as a twice-yearly injection.

In 2025, Nigeria joined global leaders in announcing a historic price reduction for a revolutionary HIV prevention drug.

Under the deal, the cost of lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection proven to be up to 100 per cent effective in preventing HIV infection, will drop from $28,000 to just $40 per person annually.

The breakthrough is expected to make the medicine accessible to millions across Nigeria and in more than 100 low- and middle-income countries.

HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system, weakening its ability to fight infections and diseases. Without treatment, it can lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Common early symptoms include fever, fatigue, rash, sore throat and weight loss, though many people may remain asymptomatic for years. According to health experts, timely prevention and treatment are key to halting transmission.

Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) continues to expand, with 31.6 million people receiving treatment in 2024, up from 30.3 million in 2023.

In Nigeria, the burden remains significant. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HIV prevalence among people aged 15–49 was estimated at 1.3 per cent in 2023.

The same year, there were about 30,000 HIV-related deaths among people aged 15 and above. Meanwhile, an estimated 1,690,291 people aged 15 and above were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART).

In July 2025, the WHO issued new guidelines recommending injectable lenacapavir, administered twice a year, as an additional pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) option for people at substantial risk of HIV infection.

Scientists say the drug stops the virus from replicating inside cells.

The injection is taken twice a year and provides six months of protection against HIV infection at a time.

Experts say long-acting injectables like Lenacapavir could help reduce new infections in populations that are most vulnerable, including adolescent girls and young women, LGBT people, sex workers, and those who use drugs.

It is hoped it will replace the current form of HIV preventative drug, known as PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, which is taken orally and also costs $40 per person each year.

The pills are taken daily, which can be difficult for patients to consume, and can carry stigma in certain societies. The daily dose also makes it harder to access consistently. According to the Gates Foundation, only 18% of those who could benefit from PrEP currently have access.

Lenacapavir has already been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Commission this year.

If the HIV enters a person’s body, lenacapavir is designed to disrupt the virus at several stages to undermine its ability to replicate and make that person sick. This long-acting protection makes it a convenient option for people who may struggle to take pills daily.

Like all medicines, lenacapavir may cause side effects. The most common are pain or swelling where the injection is given, along with some nausea or headaches. These effects are generally mild.

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What a great height and milestone this generation has achieved through science research and technology.
LabStores.ng
will put it on sale soon
Government through NAFDAC should regulate it's sales and make sure people don't get exploited.

HIV go soon become malaria

Oya guys it is here ! Fear no more. Eat anything you like and enjoy life

Contraceptive condom will rest. Toilet and sock away go rest

The OP no even let person know if the drug na for hiv patient or na preventative for HIV

This is recommended, especially with the high rate at which the virus is spreading in this country. But make fake drug producers no hear this news sha.

Good one there!
Omo e no easy at all for this country oooooo!

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Why is there no readily available cure for HIV like Covid 19 and co?

This will sell well in Nigeria. Congratulations to the devil on this one.

Abstinence is key. Faithfulness to one partner is bae.

The height of immorality will begin again with full force.
May God help our soul

I hope our 'fake drugs' merchant no go come out with the Aba Version. Make una calm down please and let Nigerians breathe !

AntiChristian:
Why is there no readily available cure for HIV?

You can become a scientist and try inventing one.

KIDfurniture:
Oya guys it is here ! Fear no more. Eat anything you like and enjoy life

Beware !!!

There are many more STDs stronger and even more deadlier than HIV, some don't even have cure yet.

Starting with the most common - Hepatitis

- Hepatitis B (HBV)
Sexually transmitted.
Can cause acute liver failure.
Chronic infection may lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.
More infectious than HIV.
Preventable by vaccine.

-Hepatitis C (HCV)
Can be sexually transmitted (especially with high-risk sexual exposure).
Causes chronic liver damage and liver cancer.
No vaccine (but curable with antivirals).

-Untreated Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)
Can progress to neurosyphilis and cardiovascular syphilis.
Causes brain damage, paralysis, psychosis, aneurysms.
Fatal if untreated.
Fully curable with penicillin.

-Disseminated Gonorrhea
Untreated gonorrhea can spread to blood and joints.
Causes septic arthritis, endocarditis, meningitis.
Increasing antibiotic resistance makes it more dangerous.

-Chlamydia (Untreated – Leading to PID and Sepsis)
Often silent.
Can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), infertility, ectopic pregnancy.
Rarely fatal, but complications can be severe.

-Human T-lymphotropic Virus (HTLV-1)
Sexually transmitted retrovirus.
Can cause adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.
Also causes neurological disease.
No cure.

-Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-2) in Immunocompromised Individuals
Usually not deadly in healthy people.
Can cause fatal disseminated infection in newborns.
Can lead to encephalitis (brain inflammation).

contentEngineer:
HIV go soon become malaria

Then Big pharma will release another genetically modified virus strain that will be just as HIV and the cycle continues.

people should receive this with sense. this should be taken along with other protective measures for those whose behaviour puts them at risk. HIV is just one of many STI that are largely transmitted the same way.
Please note. it is for prevention and not a cure......if you already have it .........e don late.. ire ooooo

Vicotex:
The OP no even let person know if the drug na for hiv patient or na preventative for HIV

Na preventative.
Remember Prevention is better than Cure?

Vicotex:
The OP no even let person know if the drug na for hiv patient or na preventative for HIV

Preventive boss,, says it "protects against" HIV

May fear be say make God help make our country men for that side no start to produce the fake one.

some STDs are worse than HIV.

Suppose do more research...like which pharmacy de sell....time interval between d first n second ...etc ..

Beauty of science & technology.

Some Nigerians will take overdose of this. Then there's fear of adulterated version or even entirely fake version of it. I know my country people

To GOD be the Glory;
Now and forever more.
AMEN

Vicotex:
The OP no even let person know if the drug na for hiv patient or na preventative for HIV

Can't you read, it's also a preventive means

Dottore:
Some Nigerians will take overdose of this. Then there's fear of adulterated version or even entirely fake version of it. I know my country people

Aba version dey for sure

it's 10k

bevause it is caused by a Virus and Viral diseases have prove stubborn to cure. even the common cold does not have a cure, your body just overcomes it. Any drugs taken only address the symptoms and not the causative organism

AntiChristian:
Why is there no readily available cure for HIV?

bevause it is caused by a Virus and Viral diseases have prove stubborn to cure. even the common cold does not have a cure, your body just overcomes it. Any drugs taken only address the symptoms and not the causative organism.

AntiChristian:
Why is there no readily available cure for HIV?

Okotorigba. No be small thing oh