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The most sacred responsibility of a licensed physician is to, â??Do no harm.â? By prescribing Truvada to healthy HIV negative individuals the doctor breaks that oath. Nucleotide and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors are toxic in the short and long term to the patient. We do not prescribe poisonous anti cancer drugs prophylactically nor should we prescribe potent antiretrovirals to healthy patients.
It seems like a little democracy is happening in the debate over the mornings before HIV pill. I am for the studies to go forward and for the concept behind Prep, however I do not think doctors will buy in to writing scripts for this drug until Gilead release all The Trufull data in all studies concerning Truvada Prep. I believe that studying Rx with people should have a 100 percent transparency on all test subjects and results that are good and bad, then transcribe in plan language.
ah, here comes Mitch with the AHF propaganda. in previous attacks, he HAD at least conceded that the big issue with Truvada-PrEP is adherence...since then he has stooped to online stalking and now willfully distorts the efficacy data beyond all credibility AND accuses the FDA of taking bribes. it's THAT caliber of argument that sank the AHF like a stone tossed in a deep well at the FDA hearings...PrEP works, FDA approval means that it may soon be covered for poorer folks who need it. BRAVO!
LOL, you mean lies and willful distortions like "taken as directed, Truvada works better than condoms", when the actual number is less than half, right? Or implying that nonmongamous barebacking is already normal amongst negative gay men? Don't worry, im sure the FDA has already accepted its bribe and you'll get more bareback sex Jeton. I hope we all like a heaping plate of hepatitis C, syphilis, reinfection or celibacy, this is gonna be a fun couple years.
taken as directed, PrEP works better than condoms. taken 6 days out of 7, it works about as well...it's horrifying to watch so-called prevention activists attack a new mode of HIV-prevention with lies and willful distortions. it's a joke to warn that PrEP discourages condom use when 2/3 of all MSM anal sex in the USA is already condom-free according to poz.com. no one deserves HIV, condoms or not...i hope the FDA looks past this shameful "poz-crabs in a bucket" display and approves PrEP in June.
The question could be why "poz folks" are advocating a drug that will increase infections, maim users, complicate treatment for all and make the cost situation of this drug worse for those of us who NEED it. Nothing about this makes sense. If it reduces infections, it is corporate suicide for Gilead, and that would be out of character for a profit seeking company. BTW, ads for this drug's efficacy are already deceptive. How dare you mischaracterize this as opposing "healthly" options
I do not think Gilead a is pushing this for it is risky at best for any business opprotunity. This is coming from your belt way folks and the Catholic lobbyist for the could take the Pope off the hot seat. Plus I think many really want to reduce new HIV case yearly,we must try something different if the old is not working. Why are Poz folks afraid of new concepts,such as Prep and In home HIV screening to help negative people stay safe and healthly. What's up?
Jeton Ademaj
Vauban shows us just how low PrEP opponents can go. all agree that Truvada is a powerful medication with the potential for serious side effects...that's helped save MILLIONS of lives from a nearly 100% deadly virus. to simply call it a "poison" is to sink beneath all contempt...especially here of all places! i suppose Vauban and his pals are outraged that HIV+ with less than 200 t-cells r put on Bactrim...that is, if he and his pals have any moral consistency! hey, they're not sick YET!
June 14, 2012 • Harlem, NYC