via health-e news, by Anso Thom
South African HIV Clinicians have welcomed an announcement that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States has approved the use of an antiretroviral by sexually active HIV-negative men and women as a method of reducing the risk HIV infection in adults.
The debate around the use of ARVs as prevention surfaced several years ago with a number of studies showing it to be effective and safe. In what has been described a possibly a major turning point, the FDA announced this week that it had approved the use of tenofovir disproxil fumarate/emtricibatine (TDF/FTC), also known as Truvada, in HIV prevention.
The FDA announcement means the pill can be taken by uninfected men and women a day before and after exposure (know as pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP).
Dr Francesca Conradie, president of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society welcomed the announcement.
She said there was no one single answer to the prevention of HIV infection, no “one size fits all”.
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South African HIV Clinicians have welcomed an announcement that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States has approved the use of an antiretroviral by sexually active HIV-negative men and women as a method of reducing the risk HIV infection in adults.The debate around the use of ARVs as prevention surfaced several years ago with a number of studies showing it to be effective and safe. In what has been described a possibly a major turning point, the FDA announced this week that it had approved the use of tenofovir disproxil fumarate/emtricibatine (TDF/FTC), also known as Truvada, in HIV prevention.
TDF/FTC has been used to treat HIV infection since 2004, in combination with other antiretroviral drugs.
The FDA announcement means the pill can be taken by uninfected men and women a day before and after exposure (know as pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP).
Dr Francesca Conradie, president of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society welcomed the announcement.
She said there was no one single answer to the prevention of HIV infection, no “one size fits all”.
Read the rest.
[Content that is linked from other sources is for informational purposes and should not construe a Mapping Pathways position. Please look for us on Facebook here www.facebook.com/MappingPathways and you can follow us on Twitter @mappingpathways as well.]
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