Health Watch: HIV Prevention Drug Shows 92% Promising Result

Researchers are working on a drug that can prevent people who are at high risk of contacting HIV from being infected .

According to TIME magazine, growing evidence showed that the drug, PrEP, serves as an effective method of curbing the spread of the HIV virus.

More than 650 people who took the drug during a 32-month period, were evaluated by researchers. Nearly all of the participants were men who have sex with men.

Users were more likely than non-users to report that they had multiple sex Partners.

Participants developed a number of different sexually
transmitted diseases but remained free of HIV, during the study.

The US Food and Drug Administration approved PrEP for use in 2012 and it has since been recommended to groups that engage in sexual practices that place them at increased risk of HIV.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), the drug can reduce risk of HIV infection by 92% if taken properly.

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