SAN DIEGO – The San Diego LGBT Community Center has announced Gilead Sciences, the makers of Truvada, as the Presenting Sponsor of the 26th annual AIDS Walk & Run San Diego, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26. “We are so grateful to Gilead Sciences for supporting AIDS Walk & Run San Diego and the education and…
A day after the news broke that Assurant Health Insurance would no longer cover the drug Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent contracting HIV, the company has reversed that decision. Mary Hinderliter, Assurant Health vice president of communications emailed LGBT Weekly today with the following statement, “We are reversing our decision and will be…
A national health insurance campany has announced that it will no longer cover the drug Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent contracting HIV. The insurance company, Assurant Health, have notified customers who had been taking Truvada (comprising the antiretrovirals tenofovir and emtricitabine) as PrEP, reports POZ.com. The insurer has stated that it would end…
Findings from two European studies on PrEP were released today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle. The PROUD study out of England assesses the effect the use of PrEP has on the frequency with which men have sex, how often they use condoms, and whether they contract other sexually-transmitted infections. The…
A special note about PrEP and Truvada In this issue of San Diego LGBT Weekly we are tackling the questions surrounding PrEP, commonly known as Truvada. The medication is now being prescribed as a preventative measure against contracting HIV and the community needs to be educated about the drug benefits and risks. We reached out…
The use of Truvada as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has become the topic of conversation for sexually active people in the LGBT community and beyond. The drug when taken appropriately can prevent the contraction of HIV even when a person may have been exposed to the virus. San Diego LGBT Weekly wanted to get accurate…
For many years, the truth is, there has been no difference between saying “I am a sexually active gay man,” and “I am constantly afraid.” I came out to my mother at age 15, and she told me to make sure I did not get AIDS. I was born in 1989 and my father had…
WASHINGTON — In a policy paper released Saturday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), explicitly endorsed the use of Truvada for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). PrEP is any medical or public health tool used to prevent the spread of a disease or infection prior to exposure. Truvada is the only brand name anti-HIV drug combination currently approved for…
