Prep Now Available In Canada

[rawfuckr]

PrEP just got the offical approval for use in Canada.

 

http://www.towleroad.com/2016/03/canada-prep/

 

This brings the total of big countries were PrEP is approved to three USA, France and Canada.

[Pitt1988]

This is exciting news! Now we'll all have to plan a Canadian PREP party to seed & breed, woof i need a Canadian vacation!

[BrockTop1973]

That's awesome. Now we just need it to go generic!

[hungry_hole]

I wish they made poppers available in Canada...

[Guest kazore]

Does it mean that prep is reimbursed by the canadian public health insurance ?

It is provided for free in France, on and covered by most insurances in the US. Im curious to know how it is in Canada.

Edited March 13, 2016 by kazore

[Rocker12]

Does it mean that prep is reimbursed by the canadian public health insurance ?

It is provided for free in France, on and covered by most insurances in the US. Im curious to know how it is in Canada.

I don't know about the other provinces but it is not covered in British Columbia, for the average person.

[plutonium239]

It is covered in my country through what we call "Plan Obligatorio de Salud" (Health Obligatory Plan) that is a list of the minimum of an insurance company has to offer to people and with no copays. But you have to be lucky enough in order to be prescribed by a physician. They only believe it is too treat AIDS / HIV not as a pre exposure profilaxis...

 

My country is COLOMBIA

[sus-tor]

In Ontario, the public insurance system doesn't typically cover prescription drugs at all, except for those below a certain income line. My private insurance (Sun Life) has covered PrEP without any issues. (Thankfully, since a month's worth costs CAD $1000...)