January 13, 2009. MediaTakeOut.com just caught wind of a dangerous new trend going around the homosexual and heterosexual communities. Apparently, some folk are NO LONGER using condoms. Instead they’re relying on pills to prevent HIV transmission.
Here’s an excerpt from an article in The Advocate describing the new trend:
When Adam, an HIV-negative Bostonian in his mid 20s, was dating an HIV-positive man last year, he made a conscious decision not to use a condom when they had sex. .” Instead, he popped a tenofovir, an antiretroviral drug that may help prevent HIV infection. “My partner didn’t insist on [barebacking],” says Adam, who asked that his last name not be used in this story. “I thought it would bring us closer together.” Now single, Adam says he regularly uses condoms again, although he hasn’t been tested for HIV since the relationship ended.
Like Adam, many gay men around the country are opting to forgo the standard defense against HIV -- a condom -- in favor of a highly controversial and thus far unproven method of protection known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. Whether in a serodiscordant relationship or just looking for a fun night (or weekend) out, guys are trading rubbers for HIV drugs like tenofovir, known commercially as Viread, in hopes of preventing infection.
The idea is inspired by post-exposure prophylaxis drug regimens long given to people possibly exposed to HIV -- such as health care workers, rape victims, or those who’ve experienced condom mishaps -- and by the AZT and Nevirapine pills that HIV-positive pregnant and nursing women routinely take to prevent mother-to-infant transmission.
This is the CRAZIEST thing we ever heard of….
again media take out gets all the credit fo this one
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