A drug which stops HIV infecting the body has proved to be a highly effective “real-world” preventative treatment, a study has confirmed. The results of the research on 24,000 people taking it across England, have been described as “reassuring”.
Thousands of people are already taking PrEP through sexual health clinics.
HIV charity the Terrence Higgins Trust wants easier access to the drug, since many people, including women, do not know it exists.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which led the PrEP Impact Trial with the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said it was the largest ever real-world study of its kind. Funded by NHS England, it was carried out at 157 sexual health clinics across England between October 2017 and July 2020.
The study found use of PrEP, also known as pre-exposure prophylaxis. reduced the chances of getting HIV by around 86% when used in everyday life - taking into account inconsistent or incorrect use. Clinical trials suggested the medication is 99% effective.
It is estimated the risk of HIV transmission through receptive vaginal sex (receiving the penis in the vagina) to be 0.08%.
Stop rage baiting over basic science. It’s actually harmful to lgbt people to cry anti gay when someone is just stating what doctors are saying about different risks for different types sex.
https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/sexual-and-reproductive-health/hiv-aids/causes/risk-of-exposure.html
https://hivrisk.cdc.gov/about-the-data/
What is the point i’m trying to make? I want to know if I need to clarify because of poor comprehension.
And, if anyone is rage baiting it’s you—this thread was yesterday and I think it’s pretty played out by now.
There’s nothing “any gay” about pointing out the realities of vastly different risks of different types of sex.
You said, “even if only 1%,”
.08% is less than 1/0th of 1% so you just proved the point.
Let’s go with the doctors in this. They don’t recommend prep for women having receptive vaginal sex.
No one is being anti gay here. You saying they, when they are not, are is rage baiting and dilutes the sentiments of calling out anti gay statements elsewhere.
Thread is less than 24 hours old. On lemmy that is not old. And your idiotic comments are still being read unfortunately.
Get your awkward agenda out of basic medical advice. You should delete you original comment. Disinformation, and embarrassment.
Let’s all go on the internet and find links that back our data.
https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/statistics/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/prep-can-prevent-hiv-infections-but-most-women-dont-know-they-can-take-it/ar-AA1kPTd6
“PrEP Is for Women” pamphlet from the CDC 
https://www.cdc.gov/stophivtogether/library/topics/prevention/brochures/cdc-lsht-prevention-brochure-prep-is-for-women-patient.pdf
Let’s just stop here. I’m not changing my mind on prep for women, and anyone else reading this now has a lot of data to use to make up their own mind.
Success!!!
Goodbye.