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I was currently detected HIV+ and I'm taking truvada and efavirenz, I was wondering if I can still do other drugs with these meds or not, like mdma/extasy or coke does anyone know?
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Link to the article Interesting article. Highlights: 47% of men bareback at least some of the time Pushing condoms doesn't help PrEP may be a better way to stop HIV transmission So we aren't wrong when we suspect a lot of guys are barebackers.
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I'm wondering if anyone knows the odds of a medicated and undetectable HIV+ man converting a HIV- boy. Anyone have experiences in that situation? I know that a Swiss panel (a couple of years ago) claimed that an undetectable HIV+ person is at no risk of transmitting the virus but that statement has been widely debated. Thoughts? Experiences?
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Wonder if any of you have read this: http://www.thebody.com/content/art2452.html I'd like to discuss and debate the arguments presented. It's a great read.
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I had never really given a lot of thought to the fact that there might be certain countries that HIV+ people cannot emigrate to: http://mobile.aidsmap.com/Countries-and-their-restrictions/page/1504371/ And the scary part was that I had been seriously thinking about taking an international assignment until I learned that in some countries, mandatory HIV testing is required for stays of 3 months or more. After reading this, I am even having second thoughts about flying to certain countries with my meds in my hand luggage without a doctor's note. Boy have I been living under a rock.
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These days it seems doctors like to put people on meds as soon as they test poz. That just really bothers me... I've worked in pharmaceutical marketing years ago - even on drugs that are now banned by the FDA... I see drugs as a last resort, not a first resort... Just stop for a second and think about all the drugs that are household names that have been pulled from the market or have had big lawsuits because of serious, life-threatening side effects... I looked up on YouTube to see if there were videos related to drug side effects lawsuits and found tons of them... (for acne) (for birth control) (for depression) (for smoking cessation) (for seizures) (for diabetes - I worked on the marketing for this one) (for hair loss) (for seizures - I worked on this one as well)Fosamax (for osteoporosis) (for seizures - I've had a doctor insist I take this when I didn't really need it)...and the list could go on and on... You don't want to find out there's a serious problem with a drug AFTER you've been taking it for a few years... The thing is that when you're HIV+ the drug companies have an out - they can blame any side effects on your compromised immune system. Meanwhile there's big money in ARVs. I used to have a doctor who specialized in HIV care (even though I was neg), and just about every time I went to see him there was a drug rep in his waiting room. There is huge incentives for doctors to prescribe ARVs as well as social pressure. The drug companies are pumping out study after study showing early use of ARVs is beneficial but those studies are just based on a few years of following patients (at most) - when the patients will be on the drugs for decades... Then influential doctors who are paid by the drug companies basically tell all the other doctors that it would be malpractice not to put poz guys on meds quickly. That really is how it works - I've worked for companies who recruited those doctors and then sent them off to "consulting meetings" at places like ski resorts, top golf destinations, etc. We're talking about putting someone on really powerful drugs for 30, 40, 50, even 60+ years and it seems like there's zero discussion of the possible/probable side effects over that period of time. I also get the sense that a current is developing in the scientific / medical / public health communities that poz guys need to go on meds to protect neg guys. That the vaccine for HIV is ARVs. But this thinking is based on the idea that the health of neg guys is more valuable and worthwhile than the health of poz guys. I'm not saying poz guys shouldn't take ARVs. There will be a time when the benefits of ARVs outweigh the side effects. After all, HIV is usually deadly if left untreated. But putting someone on ARVs before you know how the person's body responds to HIV just seems wrong on many levels. One size does not fit all. For example, certain people have genes that make it more likely that their body can "control" HIV and keep viral loads fairly low (e.g. GG or GT on marker rs2395029). These people don't need to go on ARVs nearly as quickly as everyone else. The doctors don't even test to see if the patient has genetic markers for HIV control. The tests would cost maybe $100, yet putting the patient on ARVs will cost thousands of dollars every month for decades and decades... I guess I'm just anti-drugs. I'll take them when I absolutely need them, but not before. I've had too many issues with "top notch" doctors who didn't really know what they were talking about and wanted to put me on meds "just to be safe" - problem was the drugs didn't help, and the side effects were worse than the problem they were supposed to fix. Thoughts?
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Guys in large cities beware. Meningitis is starting to rise in NYC gay men. Watch for symptoms. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2012/pr026-12.shtml
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Well, here's the background. I'm a pretty much total top... Do bottom occasionally but it's been over a year since i've had a cock up my ass. Status has never bothered me and I always said that status doesnt matter when it comes to falling in love. So this past friday I went to have a date with this guy who I knew was hiv positive. He is totally undetectable and has everything that I look for in a guy. He is dirty minded, but faithful, respectful, and affectionate. He is 48 and i am 23. I like older men so it's perfect for me. We share a great deal in common, and even though we only planned a date for friday, i ended up staying til Sunday night! I fucked him a total of 7 times... I would have fucked him more but he was sore and then he has a hard time getting fucked after he comes. Anyways... my point is that I have never dated a poz guy before.. Was just curious about anyone who is neg or poz in a relationship with a guy of the opposite status. What kind of stigma is there out there? Because I already face the negative stigmas of the older/younger couple. Also I was wondering, if you were neg and your partner was poz... would you tell your friends? I mean... it really is none of their business... but I almost feel like they should know. Idk I guess it's just something very new for me. I like him alot and i'll continue dating him irregardless. Just wanted you're opinion. Sorry for the LONG ass blog. PS: I'm not a bug chaser thats why i didnt post it in that section.
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Hi! Does anyone here on meds use steroids or growth hormones? I'm on meds for almost 3 years now and wanting to try dianabol and stack up on testosterone, do they have catastrophic side effects when combined? thnx
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Not sure if I should worry or get excited. According to this article, some lubes can cause HIV to reproduce 4 times faster. Some, esp. with spermicide--as we might have already known--cause our natural, bodily defense such as beneficial bacteria or rectal lining to disintegrate. http://www.poz.com/articles/HIV_lubricants_risk_401_19914.shtml
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This is a 27 minute documentary about barebacking in Berlin and London, two cities where I have recently taken loads. :-) http://vimeo.com/37365165
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Heading to Glasgow on 11th May for a couple of nights... just wondered if there were any Glasgow based barebackers on here who fancied hooking up for some nasty raw breeding? Looking at staying at the ETAP hotel by the Quay (M8 motorway area) - anyone up for some seed swapping fun?
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Gay partners' HIV transmission study due to start, despite practical barriers INFECTIOUSNESS AND TREATMENT AS PREVENTION http://www.aidsmap.com/Gay-partners-HIV-transmission-study-due-to-start-despite-practical-barriers/page/2317390/ Gus Cairns Published: 17 April 2012 A large study looking at HIV infections in gay men who are within long-term relationships with HIV-positive partners is about to start in Australia, the International Microbicides Conference in Sydney heard today. This Opposites Attract study will look at the risk of HIV acquisition by the HIV-negative parter within different-status relationships and hopes to make an estimate of the comparative risks of HIV transmission from HIV-positive partners who are, and are not, on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Initially starting in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, it is planned that the study will expand to other Australian cities and to Thailand. Calculations of study size and expected loss to follow-up are being informed by findings from a large study of HIV risk in gay male relationships, the HIM study (Bavinton). Background The need for a study of HIV transmission risk and the influence of viral suppression in gay men has existed ever since the Swiss Statement in 2008. This said that within certain parameters people with an undetectable viral load could not sexually transmit HIV, but the authors later emphasised that evidence for this was only strong in studies of vaginal sex. The need for further evidence became stronger when the HPTN 052 study found that treating the HIV-positive partner in heterosexual different-status relationships reduced their chance of transmitting HIV by 96%. Since then both the British HIV Association and the US Department for Health and Human Services have recommended ART for prevention purposes in some patients, but both emphasise that the assumption that this will work for gay men is an extrapolation of the data for heterosexuals, and another study recently found that up to a quarter of gay men with no detectable HIV in their blood may have detectable levels in semen. A study looking at whether treatment works as prevention is thus badly needed in gay men. While a randomised controlled study of immediate versus delayed treatment like HPTN 052 will be difficult to do in the future, given changes in the criteria of ART initiation, an observational study of risk within different-status relationships could be done. The challenge, however, will be that gay male relationships are less likely to be monogamous, and HIV more likely to be transmitted during casual sex, than in heterosexuals. A study was therefore undertaken of different-status and same-status gay male relationships to assess whether a transmission study would be feasible. The HIM Study findings The Health in Men (HIM) study is a cohort of 1427 initially HIV-negative gay men recruited in 2001 to 2004 to look at risk factors for HIV, which has provided useful data on risk behaviours in other studies. In this study, an analysis was done of data originally collected in 2007. HIM subjects completed annual interviews and were asked whether they were in a primary relationship, how long it had lasted, whether their partner had HIV and, if so, whether the subject knew their viral load. Characteristics of different-status and same-status relationships were collected. Two-thirds of HIM subjects reported being in a primary relationship of which 8.4% (79 individuals) reported that their partner had HIV. This is roughly the same as the proportion of gay men estimated to have HIV in New South Wales (see Prestage). Another 21% of the subjects, however, reported that they did not know their partner's HIV status. Within the 79 different-status partnerships, two-thirds of HIV-negative men knew their partner's HIV viral load, and 58% said it was undetectable. In terms of contrast between different-status and same-status relationships, some factors were similar, such as age of the HIM subject and their partner, the length of the relationship (roughly 50% had lasted longer than two years) and whether sex was permitted with people outside the relationship. The rate of relationship breakup was similar too: each year, 29% of different-status relationships and 26% of same-status relationships broke up. Different-status relationships were less likely to break up if they had been going for more than two years, if the HIM subject was over 44, and if the relationship involved 'serospositioning' (i.e. the HIV-negative partner was only ever 'top' if they had sex without a condom). Other things were different, though. HIM subjects in different-status relationships were more likely than other subjects to report having sex outside the relationship, having unprotected sex with casual partners, and having tested for HIV in the last three months, and were 2.5 times more likely to report that they were in an open relationship. Conversely, they were less likely to report having unprotected sex within the relationship, to have 'negotiated safety' agreements about no condomless sex outside the relationship, and to be the receptive partner. There were eight new HIV infections in the 79 men in different-status relationships during the average 3.9 years of follow-up. HIV incidence among men in different-status relationships was 2.2% a year and 0.7% in same-status relationships (hazard ratio: 3.12). HIV acquisition was three times more likely if the HIM subject had been 'bottom' with their partner in unprotected sex, and over 15 times more likely if their partner had ejaculated inside them. HIV transmission was six times more likely to occur within the first year of a relationship than after that point and was 4.7 times more likely if the HIM subject was under 35 than if they were over 44. Conclusions Presenter Benjamin Bavinton said that these findings posed challenges for the designers of the forthcoming Opposites Attract study. Firstly, the high break-up rate meant that recruitment had to be ongoing throughout the relationship in order to replace attrition due to break-ups. Secondly, high rates of sex outside the primary relationship meant that phylogenetic testing of all HIV infections was essential to establish which were transmissions from the primary partner (results would not be released to participants). Thirdly, Australian criminal law meant that sexual risk behaviour data could only be collected from HIV-negative participants. Fourthly, because infection was so much more common in the first year of relationships, men in new, tentative and not necessarily committed relationships would have to be recruited. And finally, most of the blood tests would have to be done with the initially HIV-negative partner, including when the relationship might have just broken up or just after they had received the news that they had acquired HIV: retention in these circumstances might be a big problem. Nonetheless, recruitment is about to start: for would-be subjects and professionals interested in the study, there is more information at www.oppositesattract.net.au. References Bavinton B et al. Exploring gay men’s serodiscordant relationships: Implications for future ‘treatment as prevention’ studies in gay men. International Microbicides Conference, Sydney, 2012. See here for programme. Prestage G et al. Homosexual men in Australia: population, distribution and HIV prevalence. Sexual Health 5(2):97–102, 2008.
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Between new drugs that specifically target viral infected cells, bone marrow transfusions that seem to be effective in clinical trials, and even preventative vaccine research; I have a question for any Poz guys out there. While I know a certain amount of pride comes with your status, if there was a cure for HIV/AIDS would you take it? Do you think your Chaser/ gift-giver fetish would still be a turn on for you? Just curious...
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The NY Times just did a profile of a book where an epidemiologist explains where HIV came from and how it spread. There are a number of "accelerators" he discusses including the colonial public health service which was giving people shots with syringes that weren't cleaned properly... It is interesting that he's tracked HIV back to about 1921. Apparently HIV2 has been around for a long time - it's milder and people can live with it (unmedicated) for decades... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/health/18aids.html It's a good read.
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If you think criminalization of HIV isn't a problem NY State has filed a motion saying they want to keep a poz guy in jail INDEFINITELY. He's completed his sentence of 12 years for statutory rape and reckless endangerment for transmitting HIV, but that's not long enough to prosecutors and now they're trying an end run around the law to keep him in jail for pretty much the rest of his life. Check out the details on poz.com.. http://www.poz.com/rssredir/articles/Williams_sentence_prison_1_18336.shtml This is just crazy. The guy served his time, and HIV isn't even all that deadly anymore... We're supposed to have the rule of law! Hopefully it'll all get worked out, but it's terrible that people would think this sort of thing is OK...
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Hi there, I have been thinking a bit, and it seems obvious to me that soon we will have small devices that will be able to do the kind of tests we need (FDA approval is another matter, but you could buy them as a hobby, not for measuring your VL ). A very small device that is low cost could be used by us to measure VL and CD4 cells. Would you be interested in such a thing? Is it important for you to know your numbers when you want, as opposed to check them every three months? How would you use such a device if you had it? These tests can be quite expensive if paid out of pocket, around $800, IIRC, when I was in the US, so if you have no or crappy insurance, buying something like this could save money in the mid term. What do you think?
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Hi Guys, I post this to ask opinions from those guys who have gone through HIV Sero Conversion. This last two weeks i've been really ill. First off i had a real nasty chesty cough, then a sore throat. On thursday i woke up with a blinding headache, aversion to light and a still neck. On Friday, after a decent nights sleep, it had deteriotated into the same, plus, cold sweats and a huge temperature of 110F. After speaking to NHS direct (a devision of the NHS here in the UK) they opted to rush me to hospital in an ambulance. At hospital, Meningitis was ruled out, but the Doc said it was clear that i was going down with a virus. He didnt test for which virus, and just dismissed me telling me to double up my doses of Ibuprofen (for pain relief) and co-codamol (for temperature control). That evening, i was violently ill, and have continued to have the same agonising headache and light aversion ever since. Now, all this follows my dirty bareback holiday to antwerp, and the Sheffield BB gang bang i was the bottom at a week later.... I didnt know the HIV status of any of the 60 or so guys who fucked and bred my at the two events. I'm guessing that the "virus" the doc says i've got is the HIV virus - however i cant get tested for it as my PCT (primary care trust) doesnt offer the 20 min antigen test. And wil have to wait 3 months before i can get a normal test due to the window period. My question is, those of you who are openly poz on here, and who can remember your sero-conversion - did any of you have symptoms such as the ones i've described here? Any input greatly appreciated. I'm pretty confident that i'm going through my sero-conversion... just looking for a little confirmation from fellow barebackers.
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