2012-08-09 HealthDay News - High-Risk Heterosexuals Should Take HIV Prevention Pill, Too

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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/n...ry_128109.html Accessed: 2012-08-11. Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/69pT5rK1X

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More than 1 in 4 new HIV infections in U.S. in 2009 involved heterosexuals, research shows

Doctors should consider prescribing the HIV prevention pill Truvada to their heterosexual patients who are at high risk for the virus, not just high-risk gay and bisexual men, experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

The CDC announcement comes on the heels of recent research that revealed that 27 percent of new HIV cases in the United States in 2009 involved heterosexuals who were not injection-drug users. Based on these findings, government health officials advised that the once-a-day pill can also help prevent HIV infection in high-risk heterosexual men and women.

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Truvada for the reduction of risk for sexual acquisition of HIV infection among adults, including both heterosexuals and gay or bisexual men.