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Thursday Jun 13 | Aidsmap

PrEP works for injecting drug users too

Our award-winning series of patient information booklets. Each title provides a comprehensive overview of one aspect of living with HIV.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thursday Jun 13 | POZ

TAF vs. TDF

Every now and then, a new HIV drug moves through the pipeline that generates a great deal of hope and encouragement.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health

Thursday Jun 13 | P&T Community

Tenofovir (Viread) Halves HIV Risk in Intravenous Drug Users

In a new study published in The Lancet , pre-exposure prophylaxis with oral tenofovir , a commonly used antiretroviral agent, helped cut the risk of human immunodeficiency virus infection by nearly half in intravenous drug users.

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Related Topix: Medicine, World News, Thailand

Wed Jun 12, 2013

UPI

Drug may protect injection drug abusers from HIV

The medication tenofovir, or Viread, taken once a day may prevent HIV transmission among injection drug users, U.S. researchers say.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Medicine, Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthcare Industry

Sys-Con Media

New PrEP Trial Results Among Injecting Drug Users Underscore That PrEP Works When Taken Consistently

The results from the study-the first conducted among people who inject drugs-are consistent with previous studies among men and women primarily at risk of acquiring HIV through sex.

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Related Topix: Medicine, HIV/AIDS, Health, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thu Jun 06, 2013

HIV and Hepatitis

DDW 2003: Tenofovir and Entecavir Effectively Suppress Hepatitis B Virus

The newer antivirals tenofovir and entecavir inhibit hepatitis B virus replication more effectively than older agents, but good adherence is needed to maintain long-term viral suppression, according to a set of studies presented at the Digestive Disease Week meeting last month in Orlando.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hepatitis, Health

HIV and Hepatitis

Bone Loss and Fracture Risk are 'Modest' among HIV+ People, Linked to Tenofovir, Smoking, and HCV

Continued bone loss among HIV positive men with osteopenia was modest overall, but about 25% of those taking tenofovir experienced significant loss, according to a recent study.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Medicine, Hepatitis, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Back Pain

Wed May 22, 2013

Aidsmap

AZT associated with poorer immunological recovery in people taking...

Investigators analysed immunological outcomes in over 72,000 people starting first-line treatment in southern Africa.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Retrovir, Zidovudine (generic), Lamivudine (generic), Epivir, Epivir-HBV