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For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) approved a drug treatment(Truvada)that will prevent HIV infection in healthy people.
Truvada works by lowering the amount of virus circulating in people’s blood that applies to the case of HIV infected people.Not curing fully the virus.Past tests on the drug indicate that it can also protect uninfected high-risk people from acquiring the virus.This reports could be a GIFT and CURSE.
A GIFT because majority of the lovers of passions will now indulge in unprotected sexual behavior having in mind that truvada has their back.A CURSE because the aftermath of the irresponsible sexual behaviors plus the side effects detailed out on
truvadawebsite.
Allowing truvada to be used for prevention of HIV will foster a false sense of security among its users, which may give the users a false mindset,oh and talking of mindset,When you get time,you can also read on the ROLE SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYS IN THE BATTLE FOR YOUR PRECIOUS MIND that they are immune to the virus and reduce their use of condoms and other safe sex practices and you know what that means?A public disaster in the looming and this might escalate cases of STDs.
TRUVADA AS A GIFT:
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In healthy, uninfected people, the drug can thwart HIV’s ability to take hold in healthy cells and start an infection, by blocking the activity of an enzyme that the virus needs to replicate.This serves as a GIFT to healthy uninfected people as long as they stick to the dosage and practice safe sex practices.It's a gift also to doctors in the war against HIV as they can add truvada to their arsenal.
THE FEAR:
The FEAR that i have is that healthy people may not take the drug correctly as per the prescription which would encourage HIV to become resistant to the medication and also there statistics of condom usage will probably nosedive as more passion lovers are prone to divert to this new euphoria drug.
Public health officials worry that people may engage in irresponsibly sexual behaviors when they are on
the truvada, believing they are protected completely against HIV, which they are NOT.
There is need for mass education and awareness about the drug and also the public should be made aware of the side effects.
As doctors and researches smile about the gift ,to me it remains a public health disaster in the looming unless strict measures and training are put in place.
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