{UAH} DRUGS THAT PROTECT AGAINIST HIV

DRUGS THAT PROTECT AGAINST HIV

If you are one of those who feel that having sex using condom is not enjoyable compared to sex without condom, then you need drugs that protect people who have unprotected sex

The drugs that protect against HIV became necessary as HIV infection rates are rising. BBC reports that "One in every eight gay men in London is HIV positive."

A new type of drug treatment - Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) - could offer protection against HIV infection. People are given a combination of anti-HIV drugs tenofovir and emtricitabine - currently being sold under the trade name Truvada - before they have unprotected sex. The drug is taken as a single pill and halts the replication of the virus, stopping infection.

The World Health Organization has recognised that PrEP could dramatically cut HIV infection rates but some critics suggest the drug could encourage condom-less sex.

The sad news is taking PrEP does not offer protection against infections such as gonorrhea, syphilis or hepatitis. So could these infections increase if the drug is made widely available?

 

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