Alarming surge in drug-resistant HIV uncovered
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Re: Alarming surge in drug-resistant HIV uncovered
#2Well, PrEP is a miracle drug that has gone criminally underutilized in the fight to eradicate HIV. It would be nice to see governments really push it hard for a change.
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#3This is why PrEP is so important and everyone at risk should be on it. We need to spread PrEP use as far and wide as possible.
Re: Alarming surge in drug-resistant HIV uncovered
#4This is why PrEP is so important and everyone at risk should be on it. We need to spread PrEP use as far and wide as possible.
I don’t know enough about this, but if there is drug-resistant HIV couldn’t this affect PREP?
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#5Well, PrEP is a miracle drug that has gone criminally underutilized in the fight to eradicate HIV. It would be nice to see governments really push it hard for a change.
It’s insane that it is $1400/month out of pocket, and if you have a high deductible plan you’d still be paying $6k+ potentially before it’s covered.
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#6Well, PrEP is a miracle drug that has gone criminally underutilized in the fight to eradicate HIV. It would be nice to see governments really push it hard for a change.
I think that's not the case in Cuba which heavily subsidized and dosed its population hence the high rates of resistance.
Re: Alarming surge in drug-resistant HIV uncovered
#7Well, PrEP is a miracle drug that has gone criminally underutilized in the fight to eradicate HIV. It would be nice to see governments really push it hard for a change.
It’s insane that it is $1400/month out of pocket, and if you have a high deductible plan you’d still be paying $6k+ potentially before it’s covered.
My friend who’s on a high-deductible plan says they reimburse you for the portion that’s before your deductible. It’s actually kind of a sweet deal because you hit your deductible without being out any money. Then you don’t have to worry about paying for medical care for the rest of the year.
Re: Alarming surge in drug-resistant HIV uncovered
#8This is why PrEP is so important and everyone at risk should be on it. We need to spread PrEP use as far and wide as possible.
I don’t know enough about this, but if there is drug-resistant HIV couldn’t this affect PREP?
> I don’t know enough about this, but if there is drug-resistant HIV couldn’t this affect PREP?
The resistance in this article is to efavirenz and nevirapine, neither of which is used in PrEP. They're not even in the same class of drugs - both are NNRTIs, whereas PrEP consists of two NRTIs (in a single pill).
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s insane that it is $1400/month out of pocket, and if you have a high deductible plan you’d still be paying $6k+ potentially before it’s covered.
My friend who’s on a high-deductible plan says they reimburse you for the portion that’s before your deductible. It’s actually kind of a sweet deal because you hit your deductible without being out any money. Then you don’t have to worry about paying for medical care for the rest of the year.
Who is “they”? There’s a copay card you can use from Gilead that helps pay your co-pay but not aware if that helps you hit out of pocket expenses before you hit your deductible or if that counts as your copay.
Re: Alarming surge in drug-resistant HIV uncovered
#10I always felt like the only way you can eliminate the spread of a highly adaptive std is to develop a low barrier on-the-spot test administered just before intercourse at the latest or some point reasonably earlier in a date or whatever. This would still fail under the dormancy period viruses assume but it should improve the odds I'd imagine for those connected in one way or another to promiscuous sexual networks.