Descovy

The FDA has approved a new medication called Descovy.   This article goes into more details.   This  is next generation Truvada.  It's the baby of what came before, mostly the same, but allegedly better.   So, PrEP's 2nd take. 

Most of the articles have been very brief.  Making it hard to determine what they feel is so much safer about this medication than it's predecessor.    I guess we'll see.

Being this is just the next step in Truvada's evolution, how much more resilient can we safely expect it to be as a PrEP drug?   Isn't it funny this comes right on the heels of the Truvada's 1st widely known failure as a PrEP med?   Especially, since said failure has so successfully been swept under the rug by the news.  

This new med may be safer.  It may work better as an HIV med & as PrEP.  Or, it could be the best way in holding on to a patent & garnering good press for Gilead.   Not to mention bringing in another cash cow.  Yes, I'm suspicious.  No, I don't trust pharmaceutical companies.  

Better to be weary & careful then just to celebrate the mighty Gilead for it's new savior drug.  Call me cynical or jaded.  I'm fine with that.

Cya...

Not So Great Morning...

A bit off topic, but here it goes.  While we're out yesterday, we had lunch & I put it on my card. I won't say where we ate, because I don't know for certain my problem originated there.  When I got on my computer this morning, I had an alert from my visa, telling me of fraudulent activity.  Someone had tried to use my card several times.  It turns out, my card had been suspended & now cancelled.  So I'm waiting on a replacement card.  

I hope whoever did this gets a nasty social disease like lice or crabs. Serious asshats.  The only thing in my favor is that my card had very little limit left on it.  Still, I hope they choke.

Cya...

An Outing...

We're just about to head out to Fort Smith.  There's somethings I need to get.  We'll stop for something to eat.  I don't know how long this will take.  I'll post more tomorrow.

Cya..

Busy Morning...

It's been a busy morning.  We had shopping & 1st of the month stuff to handle.  My roomie has as appointment & it's a bit of rush.  We've gotten through the 1st round bill paying.  I have to wait for the others to arrive now.  

We have some plans tomorrow.   I need to run some errands in Fort Smith.  I could've run part of them here, but some of the stores in my area are just about useless.  So, Fort Smith, here we come.

Hope the beginning of the month is treating you well.

Cua...

Sunday In April...

Nothing much is going on today.  We're heading into another warm up.  Maybe this time it'll stick.    

I've already made chili, so there's food the day.  Other than that, I've got some laundry & dishes to get done.  Like I said, not much to do.

It's mowing season.  I've heard it everyday for the last week.  To be honest, I'm already sick of the noise.  My neighbor loves to make noise with his tools & mower.  I guess it's the song of his people.

Have a nice end of the weekend.

Cya...

Irks...

For the past several days, like the year before that, there's been a virtual flood of articles regarding PrEP & Truvada.   Funny thing is, just a little while back PrEP failed.   I blogged about it & numerous agencies reported it.   Still within a week (maybe a little more) the whole issue of PrEP failure had been cleared from the news & swept under the proverbial rug. 

I didn't trust PrEP before.   Now with this vanishing of the failure, I trust it even less.  I still think PrEP will eventually fail in a catastrophic manner, until then it's a massive boon in profits for those pharmacy companies that develop them, think Gilead.  This corp plans on getting the cash while it can & then just getting.  

Cya...

Here's April...

So long March.  Hello April.   March was a fair enough month, even if a little too chilly.  Now we'll see what April has to offer.  I have a doctor's appointment mid month & will have to get blood drawn at the end of the month.   We don't have any major plans or events  for the month so far.  I can live with that.  So as always, Dear April, be sparing in the drama department.

Cya...