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| HIV Pill Protects 100 Per Cent |
| HIV Pill Protects 100 Per Cent of Participants in Study
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 7-September-2015
8:21:7 AM |
| Researchers following over 600 people who took an HIV prevention pill for more than two years have found that 100 per cent of them remained free from the virus even in high-risk environments.
The study conducted at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco involved more than 600 high-risk individuals, most of whom were men who have sex with men.
These individuals were healthy at the time of enrolment and were put on a daily regimen of a blue pill called Truvada as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
The study is "the first to extend the understanding of the use of PrEP in a real-world setting and suggests that the treatment may prevent new HIV infections even in a high-risk setting," said lead author Jonathan Volk, a physician and epidemiologist at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Centre.
In the study, 100 per cent of the participants remained HIV-free.
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