This article hacked me off a bit. The World Health Organization (WHO) wants all gay men (especially the admittedly sexually active 1's) to start using PrEP medications like Truvada. I've repeatedly voiced my opinions about this medication.
Points of irritation:
- The WHO's blanket prescription of a med many have issues with
- The fact gay males are being specifically targeted
- The sheer expense of this idea
This mentality basically replaces all others such as education, restraint & safe sex practices. This article functionally ignored other demographics transmitting HIV. Then it goes into the cost. It costs a minimum of $10,000 US annually & that doesn't include periodic HIV testing & blood screening for side effects/reactions. So closer to the $20K US mark. That makes it somewhere between $27 - 54 daily in the USA. Yet, in India, South Africa & other nations with low incomes it comes in at about $100 US annually or 25 cents a day. Why the hell should I have to pay somewhere between 100 - 200 times more for the same meds & treatment?
To this article I say. To hell with this approach. The WHO is way off base on this matter. I would never suggest a PrEP to anyone. This is just a means for Gilead to up their sells & control more of the HIV market. This isn't medicine, it's capitalism.
Cya...
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