Will a once-a-day HIV pill lead to an increase in unprotect sex among clan who see it as further evidence that HIV is a treatable disease? "I worry that family will think.

Will a once-a-day HIV pill lead to an increase in unprotect sex among clan who see it as further evidence that HIV is a treatable disease? "I worry that family will think, HIV is in the same manner easy. What's the big deal about taking united pill a day?' says Joel Gallant, associate director of the John Hopkins AIDS Service. "We've already heard from a patients that they think it's easier to learn HIV and take a brace of pills for it than to test to prevent it. Thales a terrifying idea."

Tom Battipaglia, a 54-year-old gay HIVer in San Francisco, wants to lance a message to all HIV-negative persons particularly young adults: HIV treatment, no matter by what means easy it might seem, is no picnic. "I've had horrible side effects" he says, including diarrhea, cramps, nausea, liver toxicity, nap disturbances, fat redistribution, and hair los to name a small in number "If I could wind back the hands of time and do things differently, believe me I would; I would have practiced safer sex right not upon the bat. I don't know to what end anyone would want to risk going within what rye been through."

Many AIDS service organizations are working to carry that message to the community with equal reason that new innovations in treatment don't mean fresh cases of HIV.

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