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In the United States, of the other available options, to my knowledge, only Truvada is cheap. Discovy is absurdly expensive and the shot is probably also very e
by t-writescode 2y ago
In the United States, of the other available options, to my knowledge, only Truvada is cheap. Discovy is absurdly expensive and the shot is probably also very expensive.
And the daily medication has all the downsides of daily medication. To compare to another daily medication, "The Pill" is only 93% effective because people forget to take it.
- gadders 2y agoYou'd think people would be more diligent if it was saving their life. I wonder what the effectiveness rate is for, say, heart medication?
- t-writescode 2y agoPer https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/medication-adherence-the-elephant-in-the-room https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/medication-adherence-th... > Typically, adherence rates of 80% or more are needed for optimal therapeutic efficacy. However, it is estimated that adherence to chronic medications is around 50%.[3] Adherence rates can go down as time passes after the initial prescription is written, or as barriers emerge or multiply. [3] 3. DiMatteo MR, Giordani PJ, Lepper HS, et al. Patient adherence and medical treatment outcomes: a meta-analysis. Med Care. 2002;40(9):794-811.
- gadders 2y agoPeople are dumb.
- magicalhippo 2y agoI recently had to take some antibiotics. Three times a day for two weeks. After about a week I found I started to forget taking them, or getting confused if I had already taken it that morning/afternoon or not. At the end of my two week stint I had a few pills left, so clearly I had f'ed something up along the way. Gave me a refreshed perspective on just how difficult it can be to do the seemingly simplest things.
- Dylan16807 2y agoWell that's what a pill holder is for.
- sausagefeet 2y agoWell, people are people, and nobody does anything with 100% accuracy. You, trying to put this on the people, is pretty despicable. Context matters a lot. Education matters a lot. Life gets in the way. It sucks. But when you have 8+ billion of people on the planet, expect some percentage of them to do things you think don't make sense to you. Accept it. Telling people to use condoms neither solves the problem, helps the person, or helps resolve future incidents.
- gadders 2y ago>>You, trying to put this on the people, is pretty despicable. To be clear, I am talking about in first world countries where people have more agency and are expected to take responsibility for their own health.
- sausagefeet 2y agoReally? That makes it better? Living in the first world country means you don't make very human mistakes? It means life doesn't get in the way sometimes? Look, your view seems to be "people in first world countries should be acting how I think they should act, and I just can't imagine myself getting into this situation so that means they can't, and thus I'm going to treat them like they did something wrong". You don't know the context other people have, so don't judge them.
- prmoustache 2y agoAlso living in a "first world country" vs "third world country" doesn't mean anything at all. Personal situation, social class and wealth are the key parameters as is financement of specific drug by social security and private insurances.
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- gadders 2y agoI think people should take responsibility for themselves. It's not a hard concept to understand. It's part of adulthood.
- rsynnott 2y ago> I wonder what the effectiveness rate is for, say, heart medication? Not great, in general. Obviously some people will comply perfectly and never, never miss a dose, but that's not the norm, and for heart medication in particular, that's a mostly elderly demographic.