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23 Nov 2010 09:44

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U.S.: Study: AIDS drug effective at PREVENTING, not just controlling, disease

  • good Truvada, an anti-AIDS drug already on the market as a antiretroviral, has proven to be effective in preventing the spread of HIV infections among gay men who take the prescription.
  • better A test of the drug showed a 44 percent higher prevention rate in a group randomly given the drug – and better, a 90 percent higher prevention rate among those who took the drug daily. source