bottompigboi Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I would like to purchase Truvada online without a prescription. Is there a way to do this? And is there a reputable company that somebody could suggest? I live in the United States Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JizzDumpWI Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 ...and your motivation is? I dout you will find it as it requires testing and followup care... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearbandit Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I'd strongly advise against buying truvada online. One of its components has an admittedly small chance, but it happened to me with prescription truvada, of causing kidney damage such that your kidneys start pissing away vitamins and minerals that are essential for good health. That's good health as in not have irregular heartbeat, strong bone structure, the ability to think clearly and a host of digestive issues. My clinic was negligent with my blood tests and when I was finally admitted to hospital, there was a police car just around the corner. My social worker told me later that if I hadn't gone voluntarily I would have been forced to by court order (English: sectioned, American: I don't know the appropriate term). As it was I was days from dying of starvation: I had this idea in my fuddled brain that a small pot of yogurt and a litre of fruit juice was an adequate diet. I'd spent several months acting irrationally (this was two years ago) and I'm still clearing up the messes I made. Sorry to hand you a scare story but had my clinic noticed my abnormal blood readings, the past two years would have been very different for me. If you want truvada, see your doctor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators rawTOP Posted May 30, 2014 Administrators Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 If you could find it, it would be incredibly expensive - probably $800+ for a 30 day supply. Any cheaper and you might not be buying the real thing - which, if you're lucky, won't provide any protection, and if you're unlucky will harm you. But bottom line, it requires a doctor's oversight and prescription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaguy Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 The FDA is not going to ever allow Truvada to be available over the counter i suspect due to the fact that it can have side efffects that are serious but also because they want you to see your doctor regularly to get tested and making you go in for prescriptions ties in with that. if you can find it online it is highly likely your going to get counterfeit or fake versions. are you not wanting to have to go in to a doctor due to anxiety, shyness, embarassment....??? Go to a gay doctor they are probably not going to give you a run around because they should have a familiarity with prescribing it and will be more understanding at least that is the way my gay doc is with other things so i am totally fine asking him for truvada for PrEP when i am ready to start it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaguy Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 i did just read that they (pharmaceutical companies) are working on getting Cialis approved for over the counter but that would not happen until 2017 or around that time when the patents expire for tadalifil which is the generic version of cialis. They still have to convince the FDA it is safe for over the counter use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JizzDumpWI Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 Boner, or failure to bone is the Cialis side effect. Well that and single sided hearing loss. ...and of course you have to have two bath tubs side by side! There are issues of being on just Truvada if you're actually HIV positive; so it will never become an OTC drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subbitch33 Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 There are websites that sell generic truvada... and in my experience, the generic medicines are actually just as good quality as the "originals", they are mainly produced by one main large pharma group in India. However, I would be (and am) concerned with taking this type of medication generically with no health support... So have opted not to for now. You do have to think about the risks though.. I love taking it bareback and missed out on the UK trial for truvada... so have looked at buying it generically and taking it. Is the risk of that less than contracting HIV because I bareback? Probably not so its still worth thinking about. I am undecided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillmyholeftl Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 I think "concerned" is putting it lightly....ANYBODY who treats themselves with Truvada for PrEP is OUT OF THE FRIGGIN MIND... Just my opinion. There are websites that sell generic truvada... and in my experience, the generic medicines are actually just as good quality as the "originals", they are mainly produced by one main large pharma group in India.However, I would be (and am) concerned with taking this type of medication generically with no health support... So have opted not to for now. You do have to think about the risks though.. I love taking it bareback and missed out on the UK trial for truvada... so have looked at buying it generically and taking it. Is the risk of that less than contracting HIV because I bareback? Probably not so its still worth thinking about. I am undecided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearbandit Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 The problem with getting generic truvada is the lack of followup: You must have regular checks on your liver and kidneys when taking truvada. I speak as someone who was failed by his doctors - they paid attention to my CD4 count and viral load, but missed the markers for minerals and vitamins. I had developed Fanconi's Syndrome which is an incredibly rare side effect of of tenofovir (one of the two drugs contained in truvada). Tenofovir especially attacks the kidneys amongst the unlucky: Virtually every vitamin or mineral I injest just gets pissed out. I can get a PA ring so bound up with limescale within two weeks that it takes an overnight soak in white vinegar to clean it back to bare steel. Even above my usual diet I have the doctors urging me to eat more dark greens, which is fine by me (I'm a good inventive cook, specialising in Asian foods) but I still need my daily dose of folic acid as well as extra Vitamin B12 and calcium. I admit that my experience has been unusual, in that I ran into Fanconi's Syndrome, a chance of 1 in 100,000 But we've noted in the UK that people on long term tenofovir experience bone loss and vitamin deficiencies. There is no way that self treating with truvada is safe: it nust be accompanied with regular blood and urine tests to avoid the possibility of vitamin/mineral depletion. Believe me I know: because of a negligent doctor I went through Fanconi's Syndrome and I can sure you that it's not worth the risk. Two years later I can still only walk a few hundred yards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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