Injection every 2 months could stop HIV transmission, study shows.
KABC's Karl Schmid discusses his HIV+ status and living undetectable today.Every year almost 38,000 people Americans are diagnosed with HIV. In 2012, the Food and Drug Administration approved groundbreaking medication known as PrEP, or preexposure prophylaxis, that if taken daily is up to 99% effective in lowering the risk of sexually transmitting HIV.
Jackson notes that people have many reasons for not wanting to take a daily pill including remembering to take the pill, the logistics of getting refills and even the possible stigma associated with having an HIV medication in your medicine cabinet. Bottles of antiretroviral drug Truvada are displayed at Jack's Pharmacy on November 23, 2010 in San Anselmo, California.Jackson participated in a study called HPTN 083, which compared a medication called cabotegravir, given as a shot every eight weeks, against an already-approved daily HIV prevention pill called Truvada.
"We know PrEP works. Compliance is the real kicker," said Dr. Todd Ellerin, director of infectious diseases at South Shore Health and an ABC News Contributor."The crux of this study is that it takes something that works and makes it better because of compliance," said Dr. Ellerin, who is compensated for making speeches to other doctors for the companies ViiV and Gilead that make the drugs.So as the U.S.
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