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south park already cured HIV – you just need a bunch of $$$ (sorry Africa)
I seriously doubt though that people in Africa are getting the genotype sequencing tests. they are outlansishly expensive. They are not getting the same attention/care that’s available in the developed world, especially for people with health insurance. The typical tests run about $9,000, twice a year and the meds cost about $3,000 a month.
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the thing that’s interesting about HIV drugs nowadays is that they are prescribed according to the specific genotype sequencing of the particular HIV virus that one has. So they do some sort of genetic mapping of the virus somehow and then that determines which drug somebody gets.
which becomes completely pointless and irrelevant when the person is still screwing around unprotected with other people who have hiv.
*rob*
randi sounds depressed? I hardly think so- feisty maybe. And that’s ok, randi- feisty is good 🙂
That is so impressive – how HIV treatment has evolved and that finally those drugs are being distributed in Africa.
My internist is very disorganized. He is super smart but he has ADD I think; I have to go with notes.
I would never recommend anyone own just one drug stock. There’s too much product risk in that.
jessi, the thing that’s interesting about HIV drugs nowadays is that they are prescribed according to the specific genotype sequencing of the particular HIV virus that one has. So they do some sort of genetic mapping of the virus somehow and then that determines which drug somebody gets.
“where I said that growing up odd actually turns you into a very successful chameleon? Like how if you don’t have TV as a kid you learn to very quickly pretend you know exactly what people are talking about even though you don’t so you can fit in?”
I do the same thing because of my hearing. It’s easier pretending than to remind people over and over again.