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Drugs May Offer AIDS Prevention

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the here's-hoping dept.

FlipFlopSnowMan writes "There is an interesting article on MSNBC about the possibility of preventing AIDS using the same pills that are currently used to fight the virus in affected individuals." From the article: "The drugs are tenofovir (Viread) and emtricitabine, or FTC (Emtriva), sold in combination as Truvada by Gilead Sciences Inc., a California company best known for inventing Tamiflu, a drug showing promise against bird flu. Unlike vaccines, which work through the immune system -- the very thing HIV destroys -- AIDS drugs simply keep the virus from reproducing. They already are used to prevent infection in health care workers accidentally exposed to HIV, and in babies whose pregnant mothers receive them."

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  1. why would recreational sex people care? by peter303 · · Score: 0, Troll

    If people arent going to take the simple precautions of condom- free in many gay establishments- what makes one think they are going to go throught more elaborate protocol of getting a doctor, getting a prescription, haviong pay money for it, and taking it faithfully for a month. A nurse needle stick YES; careless Joe Gay NO.

  2. yeah, baby by penguin-collective · · Score: 0, Troll

    Groovy. So I can again have promiscuous sex with many anonymous partners without protection, while at the same time experimenting with mind-expanding drugs in a consequence-free environment. It's shagadelic, baby.

  3. politically correct moderation again by peter303 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like some "politically correct" person couldnt stand an opinion different from their own, and modded me down. All I can say is get out of your parent's basement and out into the real world to see what life is really like.

  4. Spouting illogic by amightywind · · Score: 0, Troll

    I mean, besides this administration's devotion to policies that don't work [avert.org].

    Devotion to a policy of encouraging promiscuity among a population to whom such behavior is suicide is better? Yikes!

    You can't deal with the consequences? Don't have sex.

    If your friggin' life is at stake? Yes, that is what we suggest! If you are an overweight man and want to avoid a heart attack, stop eating. If you live in an area ablaze with sexually transmitted desease, practice monogamy or abstainance.

    I'm "wacky."

    You are probably well meaning, but the cold logic of the situation eludes you and your ilk.

    --
    an ill wind that blows no good