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Originally Posted by KarmaContestant
PrEP: I could be wrong, but PREP is a reference to anti-retroviral therapy for people without HIV. Essentially, you take HIV meds so you can have sex without condoms with men who are, or may be HIV+.
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Originally Posted by louielouie2000
The whole PREP thing really nags at me. In my opinion, it encourages unhealthy practices. The reality is that HIV is no longer a death sentence- it is ultimately manageable with the proper medications. However, HPV is absolutely a killer- it is linked to colorectal cancer (and cervical cancer in women). If gay men start using PREP in mass and forgo condoms, I really worry about a spike in other venereal diseases like HPV (which has no cure).  |
Sorry for being obnoxious guys but I'd like to specify that PrEP, also for the reasons enlisted by Louielouie2000, is supposed to be used
together with condoms, don't trust who says otherwise.