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TommyT139

(939 posts)
5. Why, indeed.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 05:04 AM
Jan 21

A cynical answer would be that they don't want people to have kinds of sex that they disapprove of. Plus, since the ACA and Biden/Harris required it to be covered (with no copay, iirc), they hate it extra double much.

A less snarky answer is that there are different forms of PrEP - and different combinations of medicines, from daily pills to longer-duration injections. Depending on which form you take, different lab tests are required, not just HIV (to be sure someone is still HIV negative), but liver values, kidney functioning, etc, particular to the drugs.

As if that wasn't enough, some medications are shown to work better for people assigned male at birth versus female (also varying by what activities they engage in).

So at present, it's not as simple as one hopes it could be. But if you know someone who can't access PrEP, there are sources (free or low cost). One of the biggest is Mistr, at https://heymistr.com -- as long as Republicans don't outlaw telehealth!

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