CDC Supports Truvada, a Drug That Prevents HIV Mark Joseph Stern - Slate
go to original June 2, 2014

Truvada, the other little blue pill (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Truvada, which prevents HIV infection with a single daily pill, is the miracle drug that almost nobody takes. It prevents HIV more reliably than condoms, which can break. It has exceedingly minimal side effects. It’s covered by most private insurers and state Medicaid programs. But because of its novelty, doctors have been wary of prescribing it - and because of the absurd stigma it still carries, its target audience has been hesitant to take it.

That’s all about to change. Last month, as part of its cheerfully named Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC came out swinging for Truvada, unequivocally encouraging health care professionals to prescribe the drug to numerous at-risk groups. So far, those groups include anybody in a serodiscordant relationship, non-monogamous gay and bi men who sometimes have unprotected sex, straight men and women who sometimes have unprotected sex with drug users or bi men, and anybody who injects illicit drugs.

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