Gays can't be bothered to use condoms, so truvada is being used

[novasteve]

Steve, do you honestly believe that the government is going to shill out 14 k a year for gay men to have anal sex?

No, but other premium payers will be expected to.

Just saw that it is covered.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/prevention_research_prep_BTSfactsheet.pdf

Daily oral PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) with a tablet containing tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (tenofovir, marketed
in the United States under the brand name Viread

was found to reduce the risk of acquiring HIV by approximately
49 percent in a study of 2,413 men and women who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand.

Those who took the medication consistently had higher levels of protection, similar to findings previously reported
from other PrEP trials. In a separate analysis of participants known to be adherent, because they were observed taking
their medication and had tenofovir detected in their blood, the risk of HIV acquisition was reduced by approximately
74 percent.


This is the first study to report results of PrEP efficacy among people who inject drugs. Previous studies have found
that PrEP with tenofovir – alone or in combination with emtricitabine (brand name Truvada

– can reduce the risk of sexual transmission of HIV among heterosexuals and men who have sex with men.
Trial Design and Study Population

Overview:
The Bangkok Tenofovir Study (BTS) examined use of a once-daily antiretroviral pill containing tenofovir
disoproxil fumarate as PrEP for preventing HIV infection among adult men and women who inject drugs in Bangkok,
Thailand. The CDC- sponsored study was conducted in collaboration with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
(BMA) and the Thailand Ministry of Public Health. Study medication was donated by the manufacturer, Gilead Sciences.
The primary goal of the study was to determine if PrEP with daily oral tenofovir wnhttp://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/prevention_research_prep_BTSfactsheet.pdfould reduce the risk of HIV infection
among people who inject drugs. Safety, adherence, and participants’ risk behavior were also assessed.

Study Population:
2,413 HIV-uninfected men and women who reported injecting drugs during the previous year were
recruited to participate in the study at 17 BMA drug treatment clinics in Bangkok. Approximately 80 percent of the
population were male (1,924) and 20 percent were female (489). The age of participants ranged from 20 – 60, with a
median age of 31 years. People with HIV, people with hepatitis B infection, and women who were pregnant or breast
feeding were excluded from the study.

Participants were randomly assigned to one of two arms: 1,204 participants were assigned to receive one 300 mg
tablet of tenofovir daily, and 1,209 were assigned to take one placebo tablet daily. Tenofovir and placebo tablets were
similar in shape, color, and taste. Neither researchers nor participants knew a participant’s group assignment.
Two participants in the placebo arm tested positive for HIV at baseline and were excluded from the analysis, which
included the remaining 2,411 HIV-negative participants.

While true that the cost is high, so is a case of HIV infection which can run hundreds of thousands of dollars.

It isn't just for gay men and it is not meant to replace things like condoms.

The Idea is stop the spread of AIDS and bring down medical costs.

Sometimes, you have to spend money to save money.

If you don't think gays will not use it as license to not use condoms, you are insane. Several of the other articles from LGBT sources already admit this, and so few gays as it is without truvada, don't use condoms to begin with....

Now we will shell out 14k a year because they can't be bothered to use condoms, and it will only increase the rates of other stds becaucse you need condoms to reduce transmission of those, ra ising costs even more.

 

[novasteve]

Steve, do you honestly believe that the government is going to shill out 14 k a year for gay men to have anal sex?

No, but other premium payers will be expected to.

How much do 50,000 new cases of HIV cost per year in America?

Hint:

Currently, the lifetime treatment cost of an HIV infection is estimated at $379,668 (in 2010 dollars), therefore a prevention intervention is deemed cost-saving if its CE ratio is less than $379,668 per infection averted.

^^^^ Not entirely true - one less case of HIV, means many possible, untold future cases prevented.

CDC - HIV Cost-effectiveness - Ongoing Research - Prevention Research - HIV/AIDS

How much do condoms cost, yet they can't be bothered to use those?

What happens when HIV mutates?

 

[Moonglow]

I don't like rubbers either...yet, after hundreds of lovers I am disease free....just lucky I guess.

 

[Moonglow]

No, but other premium payers will be expected to.

How much do 50,000 new cases of HIV cost per year in America?

Hint:

Currently, the lifetime treatment cost of an HIV infection is estimated at $379,668 (in 2010 dollars), therefore a prevention intervention is deemed cost-saving if its CE ratio is less than $379,668 per infection averted.

^^^^ Not entirely true - one less case of HIV, means many possible, untold future cases prevented.

CDC - HIV Cost-effectiveness - Ongoing Research - Prevention Research - HIV/AIDS

How much do condoms cost, yet they can't be bothered to use those?

What happens when HIV mutates?

So you are trying to say that absolutely no homosexual men use condoms??/

 

[Katzndogz]

There is no other disease that has ever produced the phenomenon of bug chasers and gift givers. Only gays.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

To PrEP or Not to PrEP: Should There be a Question? - Proud Queer (PQ Monthly)


And now the costs of this, because they can't be bothered to use condoms, will be passed onto the taxpayers or other insured people ,because the faggots can't be bothered to use condoms. It only costs 14,000 a year. Reminder, faggots cannot be charged more for insurance thanks to liberal faggots enabling them.

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to Prevent HIV Infection: Questions and Answers

thank you


thank you for exposing yourself as a diseased mind with a warped sense of self importance

 

[novasteve]

Great argument, poofter

 

[Mad_Cabbie]

No, but other premium payers will be expected to.

How much do 50,000 new cases of HIV cost per year in America?

Hint:

Currently, the lifetime treatment cost of an HIV infection is estimated at $379,668 (in 2010 dollars), therefore a prevention intervention is deemed cost-saving if its CE ratio is less than $379,668 per infection averted.

^^^^ Not entirely true - one less case of HIV, means many possible, untold future cases prevented.

CDC - HIV Cost-effectiveness - Ongoing Research - Prevention Research - HIV/AIDS

How much do condoms cost, yet they can't be bothered to use those?

What happens when HIV mutates?

????

Did you not understand that condoms are not anywhere near as effective as people think?

Condoms very often give people a false sense of security.

What happens when it mutates? Could you please explain what you mean, specifically?

The virus is already constantly mutating. That is one of its most insidious weapons against treatment.

The main problem with the general populous is that they are unwilling to think outside the box - they are driven by moral outrage and refuse to budge even to their own detriment.

Like a guy who spent seven thousand dollars to fix a four thousand dollar car; instead of taking the loss and selling it for $4,000.00, he invariably will allow it to sit out back for three decades until it only has value as scrap metal.

^^^^ Ego is the mortal enemy of common sense.

Everyone knows this with their head - they just don't listen when they become consumed with self-righteous indignation.

 

[Wake]

Nova, it'd be great if you'd qualify your statements and not resort to insulting whole groups of people. Don't get me wrong please; I don't support the homosexual lifestyle. But to say all homosexuals do X is like saying all Christians do X, when you know darn well that every group has different subgroups in them. I'm pretty sure you know that some homosexuals do use condoms, and some don't. And to call them faggots isn't necessary. Whatever groups you're part of you probably wouldn't like being called names insulting them either, right?

Sure, some homosexuals don't use condoms, but some do. Your OP doesn't acknowledge that fact. It looks like we both value the nuclear, Traditional family. However, I differ with you on painting groups with a huge, broad brush, and on insulting people. How are you going to change hearts and minds if you close them shut hard like a steel trap? Rather make friends with people who disagree and, yanno, have a healthy discussion on views.

 

[Victory67]

Sure, some homosexuals don't use condoms, but some do. Your OP doesn't acknowledge that fact. It looks like we both value the nuclear, Traditional family. However, I differ with you on painting groups with a huge, broad brush, and on insulting people. How are you going to change hearts and minds if you close them shut hard like a steel trap? Rather make friends with people who disagree and, yanno, have a healthy discussion on views.

I have not used condoms with a few women in my life, does that make me a Gay?

Of course not. Its idiotic to think only Gays have unprotected sex and get STDs.