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There's a lot of places in the world that have not approved PrEP. And just like a birth control pill, it has to be taken daily -- and that is something that is
by greg5green 6y ago
There's a lot of places in the world that have not approved PrEP. And just like a birth control pill, it has to be taken daily -- and that is something that is hard for a lot of people to do consistently.
Even in the West, isn't it really expensive?
- dhnajsjdnd 6y agoThe sticker price is very high but nobody pays it. It’s free even if you are uninsured, and if you are insured Gilead will reimburse you for any copay. I think the production cost is not that much, so the high price is just a means of extracting profit from the insurance programs.
- ev1 6y agoUnfortunately, you have to give Gilead massive amounts of PII and paystubs/etc for the uninsured free programme, which is utterly insane to an outsider to think about.
- lode 6y ago> It does not have to be taken daily. You can take PrEP 'event driven', it is 'approved' this way by the WHO for MSM: https://www.who.int/hiv/pub/prep/211/en/ https://www.who.int/hiv/pub/prep/211/en/ (Apparently event driven PrEP is indeed not approved or recommended for women.) > Even in the West, isn't it really expensive? One datapoint: In Belgium the out of pocket cost is 5 euros per package of 30 pills.