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I'm on PrEP. It was astoundingly hard to get on. So many primary care doctors have no idea what it is or why to prescribe it.
by torstenvl 8y ago
I'm on PrEP. It was astoundingly hard to get on. So many primary care doctors have no idea what it is or why to prescribe it.
- rickycook 8y agoin australia at least these days, i’ve gone to arbitrary doctors for my 3mo tests and things and almost always they’ve offered to prescribe me PrEP... i’m already on it, but it seems here it’s being promoted by almost everyone!
- collyw 8y agoI am curious why you take it when here are other non-drug means of prevention - i.e condoms, abstaining from sex, sticking with one partner.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoThere's some bastards who go around in clubs and prick people with infected needles. There's a subculture in some communities that believe that everyone should have HIV.
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- collyw 8y agoIs it enough of a threat that people take drugs beacause of it? It seems like wearing a kevlar vest every time you go out to avoid being stabbed and no normal person does that.
- isostatic 8y agoCitation needed Here’s a debunk https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hiv-infected-needle-attacks/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hiv-infected-needle-attack...
- tallanvor 8y agoSeriously? Condoms break. People enjoy sex. Telling people not to have sex is BS. Monogamy is great if you can find the right person. Many don't, or don't find them for a long time.
- hycaria 8y agoThere's PEP for condoms breaking.
- torstenvl 8y agoDo you say the same thing to women who are on birth control? Or do you believe that gay men, specifically, should be denied the ability to use a second form of protection?
- gadders 8y agoIs that covered by insurance? In the UK, some people are expecting the NHS to pay for it.
- xfitm3 8y agoThe NHS absolutely should pay for it.
- gadders 8y agoI disagree. The steps to avoid requiring it are well understood. If people want to indulge in "risky" behaviour, I have no problem with that. I just don't want to pay for it out of my taxes. It's like someone who makes a habit of jumping out of aeroplanes complaining that the government won't pay for his parachutes.
- foldr 8y ago>If people want to indulge in "risky" behaviour, I have no problem with that. I just don't want to pay for it out of my taxes. You will pay for it out of your taxes when those people become HIV positive - and it will cost even more than PREP.
- kevinh 8y agoShould the government not pay for costs due to pregnancy? The steps to avoid it are well understood, and it does cost a lot of money.
- gadders 8y agoYeah, not sure you can class promiscuous shagging to bringing a child into the world.
- foldr 8y agoThat’s just straight-up homophobia, which is not ok on HN. Most HIV transmission occurs within relationships, and most causal sex (gay or straight) happens indoors and in private. Your edit doesn't really make sense, as a quite a lot of children are the result of "promiscuous" sex, and the NHS still pays for the relevant care. You're still ignoring the fact that HIV transmission typically occurs in the context of regular sex with the same person. Having one-off sex with strangers actually isn't a particularly efficient way of becoming HIV positive.
- xfitm3 8y agoWhat country was this in?
- joshstrange 8y agoPrEP was easy enough to get on with my PCP but I got priced out when my company changed insurance. What use to be a tier 2 drug became tier 4 meaning what used to drop down to a $30 copay after my deductible was met now would cost me $400/mo until I hit my $6K OOP max (which I cannot afford).