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Anti-HIV Pill to be Tested in Canada, Raises Controversy for Allegedly Discouraging Use of Condoms

Anti-HIV Pill to be Tested in Canada, Raises Controversy for Allegedly Discouraging Use of Condoms

by The Daily Eye Team February 24 2014, 10:33 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 39 secs

The controversial anti-HIV pill is going to be tested in Toronto to figure out how much it is effective in reality. While the pill raises hope that the lethal disease may be prevented in near future, there are people who are apprehensive that the pill may encourage unsafe sexual behaviour.

The pill called Truvada has a history of being marketed as a means of HIV infection treatment. The United States approved the use of the daily pill in 2012. The pill has been used by healthy people as a preventive method of protecting themselves against highly risky HIV contraction during unprotected sex. It was equally welcome among bisexual and homosexual men as well as heterosexual couples who happen to be engaged with a HIV-positive sexual partner, CBC reported.

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