“A study of people who started PrEP in a southern California health system has found that people who took PrEP containing tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) were more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure or start treatment with a statin to control cholesterol than those taking PrEP containing tenofovir disoproxil (TDF) during a two-year follow-up.”… Read More »
“Rates of infections are now at their highest for more than six decades across Scotland, with 90% among men,” according to Pink News. “Experts are blaming the increased infection rates – which have doubled in recent years – on men who have sex with men having unprotected casual encounters.” “An incredible 83% of new infections… Read More »
You can read the details of this story on the GayStarNews website . We have a few questions to raise about the article… Why does the headline and first paragraph have the word “deliberately” in inverted commas? Is GayStarNews implying that this wasn’t an intentional act? Yet the police, Crown Prosecution Service and a court… Read More »
Will we start to see this provocative bareback promotion on the streets of our gay areas? The pressure to pump yourself full of toxic drugs and get barebacking and to “f**k without fear” is in hyperdrive. If only condoms had been promoted in the same vigour over the last 20 years!
…as Gilead takes steps to prevent Ireland from sourcing Truvada, the HIV medication and drug used in PrEP, from other manufacturers.