 
March 11, 2011
AHF Ad Campaign Warns Gay Men “There Is No Magic Pill”
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) just revealed “There Is No Magic Pill,” a new national print ad campaign to educate men who have sex with men (MSM) and others about using HIV meds as a way to prevent getting HIV. Specifically, AHF notes that Gilead Sciences likely plans to seek Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for use of its AIDS drug Truvada as a form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Approving Truvada as a form of HIV prevention for those who are not HIV positive would be a first for the FDA—and a move that AHF and other AIDS advocates believe would set a dangerous precedent.
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John Eisenhans, St. Louis, 2011-03-15 16:44:43
To claim that “Truvada lacks effectiveness" shows how desperate AHF is to stay in business. Truvada showed 44% preventive effectiveness when taken irregularly, but when taken every day, it's effectiveness more than doubles. Like condoms, you have to use it for it to be effective. We don't have to guess whether men will use a condom 100% of the time - we will not. Taking a pill is easier, as effective and does not diminish the quality or value of the sexual experience. Now lower the price.
Brian DiCrocco, San Francisco, 2011-03-14 06:16:40
AHF is right. The PREP pill isn’t magic; just like aspirin isn’t magic; but it is scientifically proven to prevent HIV infection. Weinstein you really are a piece of work. Years ago I remember reading an article in an AHF magazine advising AHF patients who were confected with HIV & HCV, not to get treatment for HCV. You said it wasn’t worth it, and it didn’t work. That wasn’t true when you said it, and you knew it. Are you really that ignorant, or do you just get off on killing people with HIV?
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