Symptoms And Treatment Of A Immune Deficiency Syndrome (...

In the lates 1970s, early 1980s, doctors from New York and San Francisco started to treat an increasing number of male patients affected from mysterious infections. Most of these patients deteriorated at a rate never seen before, dying without responding satisfactorily to any know treatment. In 1982, the CDC uses the term Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) to circumscribe the new and deadly disease. Soon, those four capital letters flooded the American media, invoking fear in many, and compassion in those whom where suffering the lost of a close friend or family member. By the 1990s, without a cure, and effective symptomatic treatment, or other prevention method besides condoms, AIDS became the number one cause of death among†¦show more content†¦Truvada is an effective way to prevent HIV, around the one revolves some controversy and specially, a lot of ignorance. Truvada is not a new medication in the HIV’s battlefield. Actually, the pill, wish is â€Å"a combination of the drugs Viread and Emtriva† 3, it is been around since 2004 as an element of therapy for persons living with HIV. In junction with others drugs, Truvada it is been very satisfactory managing the illness development. As a prophylactic measure, â€Å"Truvada’s safety and efficacy for PrEP were demonstrated in two large, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials. The iPrEx trial evaluated Truvada in 2,499 HIV-negative men or transgender women who have sex with men and with evidence of high risk behavior for HIV infection, such as inconsistent or no condom use during sex with a partner of positive or unknown HIV status, a high number of sex partners, and exchange of sex for commodities. Results showed Truvada was effective in reducing the risk of HIV infection by 42 percent compared with placebo in this population. Efficacy was strongly c orrelated with drug adherence in this trial†4. Truvada works in the following way: â€Å"interfere with an enzyme called reverse transcriptase, which is used by HIV-infected cells to make new viruses. Since Truvada inhibits, or reduces the activity of this enzyme, this drug causes HIV-infected cells to slow down or stop