IPrEx study indicates HIV phrophylaxis does work

ton · Jan 29, 2011

I read an interesting report today that a study has been undertaken over the last years to find out if HIV infection rates of men practising unsafe gay sex can be lowered with the help of anti-HIV drugs. Basically, the study comes to the conclusion that more than 90% of HIV infections caused by unsafe sex between men could be avoided. Of course this raises further discussions, since the drugs are very expensive and the side effects are unknown yet. The result of this study is released at a time where HIV infection rates in the US are on the rise again.

German online newspaper article:
http://anonym.to/?http://www.faz.ne...44A1B9AFDB8CE1B6BF~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html

The study itself, in english:
http://anonym.to/?http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1011205

If you comment on this, keep in mind this is not a statement of mine pro/con unsafe sex.

gb2000ie · Jan 29, 2011

Somehow - the idea that an expensive pill with only 90% effectiveness and un-known side effects is somehow better than monogamy or a condom seems wrong-headed to me. With the exception of people who have sex professionally, I don't see any value in this thing at all. I do hope this doesn't have the perverse effect of yet again diluting the safe-sex message and increasing the infection rates even higher.

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IPrEx study indicates HIV phrophylaxis does work

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