As a pharmacy student who just finished studying and researching the effects of antiretroviral drugs (Biktarvy, Truvada, etc.) and the trend of HIV mortality/morbidity alongside other factors, I'm glad that there is treatment for those and prophylactic medications for those who are concerned!
I remember being taught in university (for my pharmacy degree) that the treatments for HIV were now so effective, they realised that having HIV was a risk factor for increasing cholesterol. HIV-positive patients were now living so long the disease was raising their cholesterol!
There was a cutting edge AIDS unit in Vancouver's St-Paul Hospital, and they ended up shutting it down a few years ago because they didn't admit a single AIDS patient in a year or something.
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u/Traditional-Score150 Jan 01 '25
As a pharmacy student who just finished studying and researching the effects of antiretroviral drugs (Biktarvy, Truvada, etc.) and the trend of HIV mortality/morbidity alongside other factors, I'm glad that there is treatment for those and prophylactic medications for those who are concerned!