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Massive drop in London HIV rates may be due to internet drugs
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Tom Craig/GettyGay men who defied medical advice seem to have changed the course of the HIV epidemic in the UK – for the better.Four London sexual health clinics saw dramatic falls in new HIV infections among gay men of around 40 per cent last year, compared with 2015, new figures show.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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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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Dramatic fall in London HIV rates 'may be due to internet drugs'
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A dramatic fall in new HIV infections among gay men in London may be the result of the increased use of internet drugs, it has been claimed.Four sexual health clinics in the capital saw a decrease in new HIV infections of about 40 per cent last year compared to 2015.According to New Scientist, some doctors believe the decline may be due to people buying medicines known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) online.
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Internet Drugs Shopping May Have Chopped HIV Rates in London
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A statistically enormous drop in cases of HIV infection among gay men in London is being put down to the success of anti-HIV drug PrEP, with a 40 per cent year-on-year decline in infections being pinned on the internet shopping of its target users.The numbers claim that four sexual health clinics in London saw infection rates drop by 40 per cent when comparing 2016 to 2015, with many thinking that hot new drug pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, the publicity surrounding it, and web sites offering to help people import it, is the reason why.Will Nutland from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine certainly thinks so, and as he runs an advice site for people trying to buy the drug he should have a good idea of what's happening.
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