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FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Truvada to Lower Risk of HIV in Adolescents
MD Magazine ^ | May 15, 2018 | Jenna Payesko

Posted on 05/25/2018 7:22:36 AM PDT by fwdude

Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved once-daily oral emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg (Truvada) in combination with safe sex practices, to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 in at-risk adolescents.

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The addition of the adolescent indication is backed by a single-arm, open-label clinical trial, ATN113, conducted in HIV-negative individuals 15–17 years old by the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/Aids. [emphasis added]

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In the study, 61 HIV-1 negative young men who have sex with men, 15–17 years old, received Truvada once daily for PrEP.

(Excerpt) Read more at mdmag.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda
This is like trying to make Russian Roulette "safer," and children are playing.

So we get back to pervert Kinsey, who solicited for children having sex for his "studies." How is this any different?

1 posted on 05/25/2018 7:22:36 AM PDT by fwdude
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To: fwdude

Wearing a chastity belt backwards also works.


2 posted on 05/25/2018 7:32:11 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: fwdude

It’s time to make male homosexuality illegal again. It’s not an ideal solution but it’s better than all the alternatives.


3 posted on 05/25/2018 7:32:15 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 0)
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To: fwdude

Does prohyllaxis accelerate the development of drug resistance? Anyone know?


4 posted on 05/25/2018 7:35:00 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Does prohyllaxis accelerate the development of drug resistance? Anyone know?

Yes. If the effective level isn't maintained in one's system through lack of near perfect adherence, it gives HIV an opening to infect, and become resistant, just as those already infected.

5 posted on 05/25/2018 7:37:19 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: fwdude

Note they don’t use the ‘if it saces one’s child’s life...’line.

Infected men need fresh meat.


6 posted on 05/25/2018 7:37:48 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: thoughtomator

Why isn’t that an ideal solution? Homosexuality was illegal for 99.99% of the duration of Western Civilization.


7 posted on 05/25/2018 7:47:12 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: fwdude

Making something illegal is always a horribly expensive proposition.

I wouldn’t even suggest it if it hadn’t become quite clear that not making homosexuality illegal is vastly more expensive.

Getting FDA approval on a drug is not cheap! That’s why they tell us drugs are so expensive to develop, right? Then how in hell is there enough of a market for this drug to fund its development?


8 posted on 05/25/2018 7:54:15 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 0)
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To: thoughtomator
Making something illegal is always a horribly expensive proposition.

Not necessarily.

Anti-sodomy laws cost the ink and paper they are written on. Effectively, they are society's express censure of an immoral and publicly unhealthy practice. Almost NO cases are pursued and prosecuted because such practices usually are, and should be, committed in private, outside of public or law enforcement view.

Most importantly, anti-sodomy laws are a bulwark against all of the other totalitarian homosexual demands.

9 posted on 05/25/2018 7:58:32 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: thoughtomator

There is no reason children should have HIV. None, other than libs and pervs knowingly and intentionally infect them.

We’ll spend millions developing it and most will be shipped to turd world countries. It’s nothing but a bandaid. Sadly, it won’t do anything to stop the spread because the sickos won’t be stopped.


10 posted on 05/25/2018 8:01:17 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: fwdude

And given the patterns of behavior, it appears likely that we will see more and more drug resistantest strains of HIV over time, same with antibiotic resistant STDS.


11 posted on 05/25/2018 8:21:12 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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I've been reading - with surprise, but I shouldn't be surprised - that effective drug regimen adherence is relatively rare in this group of individuals.

Not surprising, since high risk behavior is a standard character trait among them, why would risk-averse drug regimens be likely followed?

12 posted on 05/25/2018 8:24:17 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: fwdude
Not to be confused with Truvia.


13 posted on 05/25/2018 8:32:50 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: fwdude; All
Anyone who has been paying attention can see where this is going; more homo-statists claiming authority over our own children.

Soon, sodomites will declare that parents have no right to deny prescriptions for PrEP drugs to their "at risk" children, and compliant leftist judges will override parental authority to do so. Parents who persist will be deemed "harmful," with threats to remove such children from their homes. Don't think this won't happen. The foundation is being laid.

14 posted on 05/25/2018 8:35:34 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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Avoid male queers and IV drugs: problem solved.


15 posted on 05/25/2018 8:37:53 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Google Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC ...)
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To: Yo-Yo
AIDS meant the end of this product:


16 posted on 05/25/2018 9:07:28 AM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: fwdude

It would be easier to stop encouraging the behavior that causes it and not participate in it.


17 posted on 05/25/2018 9:07:49 AM PDT by Trillian
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Ha! I remember that product. Indeed, they were never the same after.


18 posted on 05/25/2018 12:33:52 PM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: fwdude
There are potential side effects with any medication, but Truvada has more serious risks:

Truvada can cause serious, life-threatening side effects. These include a buildup of lactic acid in the blood (lactic acidosis) and liver problems.

Contact your health care provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms that could be signs of lactic acidosis:

Weakness or tiredness
Unusual (not normal) muscle pain
Shortness of breath or fast breathing
Stomach pain with nausea and vomiting
Hands or feet that feel cold or turn blue
Dizziness or lightheadedness
Fast or irregular heartbeat
Contact your health care provider right away if you have
any of the following symptoms that could be signs of liver problems:

Yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes (jaundice)
Dark-colored urine
Light-colored bowel movements
Loss of appetite for several days or longer
Nausea
Pain in the stomach area (abdominal pain)

Truvada is not approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection (HBV). In people with both HIV and HBV who are treated with Truvada, stopping Truvada may cause their HBV to flare up (get worse). Before starting Truvada, talk to your health care provider about getting tested for HBV.

Do not take Truvada to reduce the risk of getting HIV—also called pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP—unless you are confirmed to be HIV negative.

https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/drugs/406/truvada/0/patient

And this is being pushed on children, who CAN'T CONSENT TO SEX ANYWAY.

19 posted on 05/25/2018 12:50:38 PM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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