Good news soon for sexually active people….

Today's post: Thursday, 9-20-2007

On Tuesday, September 18th, from the CHICAGO part of AFP, I found article on Yahoo health news that, in studies on monkeys, the drug tenofovir that is used to treat HIV was found to be very effective in preventing them from the simian version of HIV they would otherwise have gotten.

This drug is now being tested in humans to see if it will also protect people.

It’s not yet proven. It’s a drug which may well have side effects if you take it. And, it’s probably expensive for most people.

In addition, once it’s approved for use in people, you may not be able to get coverage to take it to prevent AIDS or HIV infection through your health insurance.

For now, you can avoid being sexually active, be in a mutually faithful & exclusive relationship, or be careful & practice safe sex & hope that’s enough.

But even so, it looks like it will protect people & become available.

So, if you are sexually active when that happens, or become so after that, it might be really good news.

And, I like passing on good news.