A new drug that would prevent the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been discovered. Already approved for the treatment of HIV and recommended by the United States’ Food and Drug Administration advisory committee, the drug - Truvuda - is to be approved for pre-exposure prophylaxis.
According to the FDA panel, the call for its approval came after considering safety and efficacy data from three clinical trials.
According to the FDA panel, the call for its approval came after considering safety and efficacy data from three clinical trials.
Manufactured by a US based firm; Gilead Sciences, Incorporation, the once-a-day pill used in combination with other HIV drugs does not rid the body of HIV, rather, prevents the virus from replicating in the body.
Though discovered to be effective, the drug’s side effects include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, loss of appetite and diarrhoea, liver and kidney toxicity and loss of bone density.
Hmmm i tell u this will give many girls d opportunity to sleep around. Kalu
ReplyDeleteWhat of guys? Mind you a woman has 20% chance to infect a man through unprotected sex, but a man has 99.9% chance to infect a woman! Its been observed that men are greater spreaders of the virus than women.
DeleteThis is not d first time we are hearing about such drugs...hope it's for real this time. ENDURANCE
ReplyDeleteCould it be real?
ReplyDeleteThis is not even near to being a good news in the direction of finding a cure for HIV, in that the side effect of nausea, vomiting, dizziness, loss of appetite and diarrhoea, liver and kidney toxicity and loss of bone density far out ways it's usefulness as a perfect drug for HIV cure. So it is not yet "uhuru" to sing praises. FRANK
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