In New Study, HIV Prevention Pill Truvada Is 100% Effective

An anonymous reader writes: A study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases details the recent trial of a drug named Truvada, which researchers think might excel at preventing HIV infections (abstract). The scientists administered the drug to 657 people at high risk for contracting HIV, including users of injected drugs. At the end of the study, every single subject was still free of the virus. This is encouraging news in the fight against AIDS, though it shouldn't be taken to mean the drug is perfectly effective. Since researchers can't ethically expose people to HIV, we don't know for sure that any of the subjects were definitely saved by the drug. Other studies have also had to be stopped because it was clear subjects who were on a placebo were suffering from noticeably higher rates of infection. Leaders in the fight against AIDS say this new study closes a "critical gap" in existing research by demonstrating that Truvada can work in real-world health programs.

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Re: solid.

[Anonymous Coward]

I can continue to never wear a rubber.

Yeah, virgin lifestyle is pretty much unaffected by this breakthrough.

Re:Good.

[horm]

Obviously, the solution is to contract HIV and see if the two balance each other out.

Re:No more circumcision?

[Jarik C-Bol]

Speaking as a circumcised male, I would not want the tip of my penis to be any more sensitive than it already is. Based on personal experience with my own penis, any increased level of sensitivity there would be damn well debilitating. Obviously, this is anecdotal evidence, and I can't vouch for the sensitivity of any other penises, but I'm just saying, anything more seems like it would be a curse, not a blessing.