Truvada HIV Prevention: Does it Work for High Risk Gay Men? HIV/AIDS: it’s still incurable, and it’s reached epidemic proportions. Since it was first recognized by the United States Centers for Disease and Prevention in 1981, more than 60 million people have contracted the human immunodeficiency virus and nearly 30 million have died of HIV-related causes. Today, about 34 million adults worldwide live with HIV/AIDS, according to the World Health Organization.

About 1.2 million Americans are infected with HIV, and men who have sex with men (MSM) account for the more than half of the 56,000 new cases yearly in the U.S., according to the CDC. Gay men who have five or more sex partners have a particularly high risk.

But what if these gay men can take a pill every day that would significantly reduce their chances of becoming infected with the AIDS virus? Wouldn’t that be an attractive option, especially for those in the high-risk group?

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Viagra Side Effects: It may cause sudden vision loss, loss of hearing . For at least 30 million American men distressed by impotence, Viagra may seem like THE wonder drug. But it’s not. Sure, it’s vastly effective in reversing erectile dysfunction. But the drug, known chemically as sildenafil citrate, has a number of equally distressing side effects — and a few downright dangerous ones.

Sudden loss of hearing in one ear, sudden loss sight and abnormal vision are among the more frightening side effects.

In fact, reports of sudden hearing loss in men taking anti-impotence drugs like Viagra were what prompted the United States Food and Drug Administration to order in October 2007 a change in the labeling of anti-impotency drugs like Viagra to include a warning about this side effect.

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