![HIV Pills Show More Promise To Prevent Infection](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2013/10/107091583.jpg?w=980&q=75)
HIV Pills Show More Promise To Prevent Infection
UNDATED (AP) — There is more good news about the HIV treatment pills that are used to prevent infection in people at high risk of getting the AIDS virus. Researchers say that taking these prevention pills does not encourage risky sex and is effective even if people skip some doses.
The results come from longer follow-up on more than 1,600 gay men in a landmark study a few years ago testing daily doses of the pill Truvada (troo-VAH'-duh).
About three-quarters of the participants kept taking the pills for another 17 months. None who used them four or more days a week got HIV, and even taking the pills less often helped — although not as much.
The work was discussed today at the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
More From News Talk 96.5 KPEL
![Need A Monkeypox Vaccine? Find It At These Acadiana Health Units](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2022/07/attachment-GettyImages-2067974.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Comedian Faints, Fractures Skull Immediately After Bragging About Being Vaccinated](http://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2022/02/attachment-Comedian-Faints.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Watch The Moment a Teacher Allegedly Injects Son’s Friend With COVID Vaccine Without Permission](http://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2022/01/attachment-Screen-Shot-2022-01-05-at-6.49.04-AM.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Trump Says He Took Booster Shot to Battle COVID, Fans Boo Him [VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2021/12/attachment-GettyImages-1345750502.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Pfizer COVID Pill Could Be a Game Changer For Louisiana When it Comes to Death, Hospitalizations](http://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2021/11/attachment-Screen-Shot-2021-11-05-at-8.05.22-AM.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Louisiana Getting 150,000 Pediatric Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine](http://townsquare.media/site/180/files/2021/11/attachment-GettyImages-Child-getting-vaccine.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Louisiana’s Shot for $100 Program Extended – Now Includes Kids](http://townsquare.media/site/33/files/2021/11/GettyImages-1270517911.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Ochsner/Lourdes Vaccination Mandate: Lawyers Appeal Decision](http://townsquare.media/site/182/files/2020/07/RS40549_GettyImages-509557490.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Here’s the Crowd Size That Will Determine Your Risk of Getting COVID in Lafayette](http://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2021/08/attachment-fred-moon-0yqa0rMCsYk-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)