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Rate Of New HIV Infection In London Fell By 40 Percent Due To Internet-Bought Drugs


Rate Of New HIV Infection In London Fell By 40 Percent Due To Internet-Bought Drugs
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Doctors frequently advise patients not to buy generic drugs from the Internet.However, gay men in London have been defying this advice for the last couple of years, and it is making an incredible difference.New HIV infection rates in the capital have slumped by an impressive 40 percent, as gay men have turned to the Internet to buy generic versions of the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug Truvada.
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One year 40% HIV infection dropoff in London attributed to grey-market generic pre-exposure prophylaxis drugs / Boing Boing


One year 40% HIV infection dropoff in London attributed to grey-market generic pre-exposure prophylaxis drugs / Boing Boing
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One year 40% HIV infection dropoff in London attributed to grey-market generic pre-exposure prophylaxis drugsTaking pre-exposure prophylaxis drugs like Truvada before having unprotected sex with HIV+ people can significantly reduce the risk of infection (the drugs can also be taken after potential exposure); though this use is approved in England, the NHS does not yet cover Truveda prescriptions, so people who wish to take the drug are expected to pay £400/month.report this adBut people are unwilling to choose between life-threatening infections, sexual pleasure and pharmaceutical patents, which is why activists in the UK have set up websites like I Want PREP Now, where a month's supply of generic PREP drugs from India and Swaziland (who are able to manufacture on-patent drugs under compulsory licenses thanks to the Access to Medicine treaty and domestic law) costs £40.This has coincided with an unprecedented drop in new HIV infections in London health surveillance -- a drop of 40% in one year -- an eye-popping figure that has prompted many medical professionals to switch from advising against taking drugs from online pharmacies to providing easy assay tools to evaluate the quality of these drugs.
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Online Drug Markets Cause Drop in London HIV Rate


Online Drug Markets Cause Drop in London HIV Rate
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Online drug shops have emerged as a new front in the fight against HIV.The New Scientist reports that four London sexual health clinics have seen a sharp drop in the number of new HIV infections amongst gay men, which have fallen by 40% since 2015.This decline may be mostly due to thousands of people buying medicines called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which cut the chance of catching the virus, online.
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