posted on March 27, 2006 12:59:30 PM new
ATLANTA (AP) - Twenty-five years after the first AIDS cases jolted the world, scientists think they soon may have a pill that people could take to keep from getting the virus that causes the global killer.
Two drugs already used to treat HIV infection have shown such promise at preventing it in monkeys that officials last week said they would expand early tests in healthy high-risk men and women around the world.
''This is the first thing I've seen at this point that I think really could have a prevention impact,'' said Thomas Folks, a federal scientist since the earliest days of AIDS. ``If it works, it could be distributed quickly and could blunt the epidemic.''
posted on March 27, 2006 01:49:40 PM new
That is great news. While I don't think it should be an excuse for unprotected sex, it can be a great tool for slowing down the spread in some of the African regions that have been so hard hit and in children with infected mothers. I'd be interested in seeing what the resistance studies show down the line.
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posted on March 28, 2006 05:46:37 AM new
You know, Classic, it's thinking like yours that spread the disease so quickly in the first place. It is not, nor was it ever, a "gay" disease. It never said, "Oh, a heterosexual female. Nope, not for me. I effect gay men only."
KD
That is wonderful news.
Cheryl
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
posted on March 28, 2006 08:01:49 AM new
Yeah great. Another pill with fantastic data. My friend is the head of Schering's medical writing division who does the documentation for FDA approval. Most of this crap is to raise stock prices or get grants, etc.
I think she said the number of "announcements" that turn into viable drugs is in the TENTHs of percents.
AIDs is not a "gay disease" anymore than falling off buildings is an "ironworker's disease", it's just harder for subway workers to catch "ironworker's disease".
All the liberal claptrap not withstanding, statistics is about math, not pc.
posted on March 28, 2006 01:50:03 PM new
"You know, Classic, it's thinking like yours that spread the disease so quickly in the first place. It is not, nor was it ever, a "gay" disease."
You're right Cheryl,forgive me.I forgot you get it from sitting on public tiolet seats....
posted on March 29, 2006 12:40:55 PM new"Most of this crap is to raise stock prices or get grants, etc. I think she said the number of "announcements" that turn into viable drugs is in the TENTHs of percents."
Clapping DeSquirrel!! You are sooo right, BUT on this combo, I do see hope as most anti-virus drugs are band-aids.
posted on April 4, 2006 01:55:40 PM new
A rugged cowboy from Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming,
goes into the doctor's office and has some tests run.
The doctor comes back and says, "I am not going to
beat around the bush, You have AIDS."
The cowboy tugs at his Stetson and sets his jaw and
says, "Doc, what can I do?"
The doctor says, "I want you to go home and eat 5
pounds of spicy sausage, a head of cabbage, 20
un-peeled carrots drenched in hot sauce, 10 Jalapeno
peppers, 40 walnuts and 40 peanuts, 1/2 box of
Grapenuts cereal, and top it off with a gallon of
prune juice."
The cowboy squares his rugged shoulders and asks,
"Will that cure me, Doc?"
"No, but it should leave you with a better
understanding of what your azz is for."
