FDA approves first drug to prevent HIV infection

FDA approves first drug to prevent HIV infection -

For the first time, the FDA approved a drug called Truvada for prevention infection by HIV. It has been 32 years since the first AIDS case was recognized at the time was reported to the Center for Disease Control.

By that time, the subject of HIV increased from fear and misunderstood part of the vernacular of our nation. While Americans have become more educated on the prevention and treatment have made HIV infection no longer seem like a death sentence, there has never been a preventive drug of this kind.

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Truvada was approved as a pill once a day can significantly reduce the risk of contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS from one person .

It is much too early to know if the health insurance companies will pay for the drug. The cost of a year's supply without health insurance is about $ 13,000 per year.

When taken correctly, Truvada has been shown to significantly reduce the chances of contracting HIV:

• When accompanied by the use of condoms and consulting, the risk of infection among gays and bisexual men in good health was reduced by 42 percent.
• in heterosexual couples in which one partner was infected with HIV and the other was not, the risk of infection was reduced by 75 percent.

This is not a quick and easy solution to stay negative. Truvada should be taken every day with diligence. Missing doses causes the preventive effects to decline sharply.

Truvada is a newly developed drug. He has been on the market for years as a way to treat people who have already contracted the HIV virus.

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