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I was wondering about this. I must use Kaiser pharmacy and you can't go to walgreens or CVS. Kaiser claims they pay $1338 for a bottle of Truvada (30 pills) which is right in line with what other pharmacies are quoting. Anyway, I'll take it because I don't have to pay anything, but the whole thing still seems like a racket and there should be a better way to do drug pricing.
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Actually: Your insurance benefit saved you $3997.65 Retail Price: $4012.65 Your Price: $15 Kaiser has now switched my Truvada PrEP prescription to 90 day supplies (yay!) but I'm still baffled at the cost of this. I'm very fortunate to have great insurance and I only have to pay $5 per month but still seems Gilead is going to make tons of money if PrEP becomes popular. At the end of the day we all pay this stuff with our premiums. Maybe Gilead will lower the price now that there are more 'customers' for Truvada?
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You don't really have to wait for symptoms: - Gonhorrea and chlamydia, should be picked up by RNA amplification tests if there is any there. Ask for an RNA test if possible, they are a lot more accurate than cultures. - Syphilis, it really depends on the test, but it may take a while for you to show antibodies for it on your blood. One week or two maybe? You can test now, but definitely follow up in a month or two. - Herpes, unless you are having a outbreak and they do RNA testing on the outbreak sores there is no way to directly test for this. You can do an antibody test to see if you are infected though. If it shows positive you had this before. - HPV. nothing is going to show up now. check back in 6 months-1 year with an anal pap smear to see what's going on. If you got fucked raw, having some HPV in your butt is a guarantee, the question is if it's affecting your ass in any meaningful way. - Hep A/B.. I'm assuming your vaccinated for this? - Hep C. It will take a while for antibodies to show - HIV. they can do an PCR test. If you got any it should be picked up after a week. those are the ones on the top of my head! -
I'm totally in the closet when it comes to my usage of Truvada PrEP. A year an a half ago I got so much backlash when I was telling people that I just stopped disclosing my Neg+PrEP status. Most people would think I was a total whore, which I sort of am, but without mentioning PrEP they would fuck me raw without problem, while if I brought it up they would call me a 'diseased slut that they wouldn't touch me with a 10 foot pole'.. a dude actually used those words. Things are changing quickly and I think there is a lot more awareness about PrEP right now, at least in the USA. Maybe I should try to talk peopl about it again. What do you guys do? Do you update your profiles? do you mention your PrEP taking to prospective fuck partners?
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When I went on PrEP about a year and a half ago I was super excited and decided to tell people. Got the exact same shit as you got. People are just plain stupid and ignorant. They would rather fuck you raw without any questions than them knowing you are on PrEP, which in reality makes you at so much less risk than any other fuck. I personally ended not saying anything and has worked well. On the occasion I'm not really interested on the top I'll tell them I'm on PrEP and looking to get fucked raw a most of them will scream and run away PrEP is still very new and most people have no clue what is about. It will take years of education until people get comfortable with it and equate it to condoms.
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My first boyfriend was the very same way. His ex had just found out he was HIV+ and they had been fucking bare all along so it was clear that he needed to get tested. He didn't, in all the time I was with him. That meant we had to use condoms all along. He kept saying he was too afraid of finding out he was HIV+ and that's why he didn't want to get tested. I sort of understand that, but it's always better to know and deal with it.
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In a way I really want to move on. We've been together for 8 years but the last few has been a love-hate relationship. It's really best for both we just move on, but it's difficult to do.
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So this happened. Got many loads from the man over the weekend. I squirted one of them out and put the brownish spooge onto an oraquick. 20 minutes later control line had showed up and no line on test line so test should be negative. I did an additional oraquick on my, oral this time, neg too. Doesn't seem like we are going to last much longer so no more of this craziness will be needed.
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Self diagnosing / medicating
rawfuckr replied to anonfuck28's topic in HIV/AIDS & Sexual Health Issues
Syphilis on its first stages is usually treated with a penicilin shot. The treatment of choice changes a lot with the moment depending on what's going around, and the STD doctors have to be on top of it to know what's the best course of action. Don't fool yourself thinking you can somehow deal with Syphilis on your own. Syphilis can become very serious shit if it doesn't get treated on time correctly. Other ones like gonhorrea and chlamidia are a lot more forgiving.. for now. Just go to the STD clinic and have them look at it -
Further inspection of the testing package clearly states that "OraQuick is a single-use, qualitative immunoassay to detect antibodies to HIV Type 1&2 in oral fluid, fingerstick whole blood, venipuncture whole blood, and plasma specimens" ... with that and this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7714486seems pretty clear testing on ejaculate should be just fine.
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I know, I know. It has been such a contentious issue over the years. I love the man, but every time I insist he goes get tested just we get into a fight and I just try to avoid the discussion. I'm on PrEP but I want to get off it for a while, but I'm just not sure about letting him bareback with me unless he gets tested. I'm thinking I may ask a friend who is positive, to see if I can ejaculate on an oraquick to test if this works. According to this study (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7714486) this should totally work.
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By the way just googled that quote because the "... HIV virus .." threw me off, as the test only looks for anybodies. The only hit for that quote is from "oraquick.org" which is no way related to OraSure. It does says at the bottom "OraQuick.org is an independently owned site and any other properties or websites owned by it's owners are not affiliated with, endorsed or authorized by Orasure Technologies Inc." ....
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Yeah, yah, yah. I know what all the legalese when you buy the thing. But I actually have oraquick's that I got for medical setting and seems the testing device can be used in blood too. My suspicion is that this will test positive to HIV antibodies no matter where they are, blood, gums or cum? That's what I'm asking. If someone who knows the technical details of this stuff knows. Of course Orasure is never going to tell you to use this in any other way than the approved form.
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I have an unusual situation. My partner refuses to get tested for HIV and he's fucking me and creaming my ass often. I won't go into why he doesn't want to get tested, but he hates doctors and clinics. He also says that just the fact I'm asking him means I don't trust him. It's complicated... I actually think he's only having sex with me but I'd like to see if I can make sure he's neg. I was thinking that I could make him dump a load in my ass and then use an Oraquick with his cum squirted out of my ass onto the Oraquick pad without him seeing all this. Does anyone know if HIV antibodies present on cum would work on the Oraquick? My gut tells me that this is actually fine and that Oraquick will pick up the antibodies on any body fluid including blood, gums and cum. thanks guys
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Oral HIV tests don't use saliva. They use secretions from around the gums on your mouth where HIV antibodies can be found. If you didn't swab your gums the results of the test are invalid.
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There is no way to know if someone is HIV- at the moment of having sex. When you get a test and is negative its tells you the person was negative 4-8 weeks before because of the window period that HIV tests have. It takes a while for the body to build up antibodies that can get picked up by the test. Actually, the likely way people who are going to give you HIV are the ones who tested negative a while back. People are most infectious when they are not on meds and after seroconversion. As long as you and your bf are monogamous you should be ok. Otherwise everything is up in the air. If you want to make sure you don't seroconvert use rubbers or go on PrEP.
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All this supplement stuff is total bullshit when it comes to ejaculate volume, sperm quality maybe another story. The only things that matter to ejaculate more are: - Time since last ejaculation. The more abstinence the bigger load - How fricking horny you are - How good the sex that makes you ejaculate. Even masturbation doesn't produce as much cum as real sex does. I was a sperm donor for a while and I got it down to a science how to provide the 'best samples' for my friends.
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You'll be fine, but you should probably be on PrEP. Why is your partner not on meds?
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Do guys around here have a preference on what is better to get fucked with? I've noticed that uncut cocks have quite a different feeling. They tend to give me more of a nice massage without so much friction. The foreskin docks in your ass and the cock does the in and out thing. A cut cock is just all rubbing in and out. Which ones do you guys prefer?
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Are you sure they didn't put you on PEP? PEP and PrEP and different things.
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Also notice how the emphasis in using PrEP along with condoms is now gone. PrEP is now standing as a valid HIV prevention tool on its own. Great news.
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Starting a PrEP vacation. Should I NOT wait 4 weeks?
rawfuckr replied to rawfuckr's topic in PrEP Discussion
This is a good question. Well, I'm just concerned about long term side effects of Tenofovir, kidney function and bone loss. Given the fact I'm not going to be having time for play, why adding the possible side effects when I'm not going to be using it? Aside from that, I've been taking a few vacations before and I'm now a lot safer when I'm not of PrEP. Being PrEP-less sort of makes the risk of bare fucking be a lot more present in my mind. So even if there was some unexpected hookup I'm sure I'd act on a safer maner. -
I'm in the process of starting a PrEP vacation. I got fucked in the ass about two weeks ago by two guys so I'm in the winding down period of daily taking the pill. I have work stuff coming up and I'm pretty sure I won't be playing for a while so I don't see the point of taking this every day. My question for the PrEP experts around here is if it's really needed I keep taking PrEP for the full 4 weeks after the last risky event. I'm now at two weeks into the padding after the last fuck and it just feels like I could drop it now. I haven't had any fevers or flu's or anything. What do you guys think, is it safe to stop now or should I really take PrEP for an extra 2 weeks?
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HPV vaccine is good for boys and girls up to age 26.. officially. Unofficially it maybe beneficial for gay guys to get Gardasil (the quadrivalent) HPV vaccine because you just not caught yet one of the types it offers protection from (6,11,16,18). 6 and 11 cause the warts and 16 and 18 the cancers. It is simply not known if there is any benefit on people over 26, nor if there is therapeutic benefit after being infected, although there is some indication that this maybe the case. My very gay doctor says there is no harm in getting Gardasil and that most sexually active gay mens should get the shots (it's 3 shots separated by 6 months) just in case. My personal view is that for gay guys is a total no brainer, specially if young. The vaccine is super effective for any cancers of warts caused by the types it covers.
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Good. I think most guys who report side effects are psychosomatic. From iPrEX which was placebo controlled the real side effects happened to very few people.
