If you wanted to have unprotected sex with someone you did or didn't know is HIV-positive but didn't want to (or have him) wear a condom, would you pop a pill and hope for the best while you get your back dug out?
You can.
"Many" gay men have been using HIV drugs "like tenofovir, known commercially as Viread" for years now, "in hopes of preventing infection", according to the Advocate.
The practice is called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which is borne out of the long-standing emergency "morning after" post-exposure prophylaxis drug regimens given persons who were exposed to HIV, like health care workers, rape victims, or those who’ve experienced condom mishaps. It's also the same process as the drugs prescribed to HIV-positive pregnant and nursing women to prevent mother-to-infant transmission
"Guys have been popping a T, or “disco dosing,” as the practice is sometimes called, for several years, acquiring the drugs from friends, partners, or drug dealers selling “party packs” including crystal meth and Viagra -- a host of studies are now under way seeking to determine if it actually works. If proved effective, PrEP could revolutionize what it means to have safe sex -- at a time when HIV infection rates are rising among gay men."
While doctors don't condone the practice, they do accept that it will only become more mainstream and some doctors are prescribing these drugs to their HIV-negative patients who engage in risky sex but refuse to use condoms.
HIV/AIDS activists and researchers hope PrEP proves effective in the decrease of HIV infection because they "running out of tools in our toolbox”.
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You can.
"Many" gay men have been using HIV drugs "like tenofovir, known commercially as Viread" for years now, "in hopes of preventing infection", according to the Advocate.
The practice is called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which is borne out of the long-standing emergency "morning after" post-exposure prophylaxis drug regimens given persons who were exposed to HIV, like health care workers, rape victims, or those who’ve experienced condom mishaps. It's also the same process as the drugs prescribed to HIV-positive pregnant and nursing women to prevent mother-to-infant transmission
"Guys have been popping a T, or “disco dosing,” as the practice is sometimes called, for several years, acquiring the drugs from friends, partners, or drug dealers selling “party packs” including crystal meth and Viagra -- a host of studies are now under way seeking to determine if it actually works. If proved effective, PrEP could revolutionize what it means to have safe sex -- at a time when HIV infection rates are rising among gay men."
While doctors don't condone the practice, they do accept that it will only become more mainstream and some doctors are prescribing these drugs to their HIV-negative patients who engage in risky sex but refuse to use condoms.
HIV/AIDS activists and researchers hope PrEP proves effective in the decrease of HIV infection because they "running out of tools in our toolbox”.
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