Monday, September 26, 2005
How erectile dysfunction drugs may be helping in the transmission of HIV in homosexuals
"According to the results of a recent one-year study, 18 percent of Boston men seeking treatment for a new sexually transmitted disease said they used Viagra during the preceding month. Nearly 8 percent had used crystal meth, and 10 percent had used Ecstasy, a drug that makes users feel euphoric.
But Mayer said he is uncertain whether drug companies would embrace his idea of advertising the health risks for men who use erectile dysfunction drugs in combination with other substances.
''I think there is a real reticence on the part of these companies to do this kind of advertising, because they don't want their drugs to be perceived as 'gay' drugs. But in reality, I think this data says they are,' Mayer said." (via the Health Business Blog)
"According to the results of a recent one-year study, 18 percent of Boston men seeking treatment for a new sexually transmitted disease said they used Viagra during the preceding month. Nearly 8 percent had used crystal meth, and 10 percent had used Ecstasy, a drug that makes users feel euphoric.
But Mayer said he is uncertain whether drug companies would embrace his idea of advertising the health risks for men who use erectile dysfunction drugs in combination with other substances.
''I think there is a real reticence on the part of these companies to do this kind of advertising, because they don't want their drugs to be perceived as 'gay' drugs. But in reality, I think this data says they are,' Mayer said." (via the Health Business Blog)
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Unwillingness to check obviously self-destructive behaviour is not caused by lack of labels or lack of a targeted advertising campaign by the makers of Viagra and Cialis.
These are men deliberately seeking out a way to get rid of any sensible inner voice telling them to cool it. Don't make viagra harder to get for men who want and need it for a normal life. Don't waste money trying to reach people who don't want to be reached...They are perfectly aware that they are engaging in high-risk behaviour.
These are men deliberately seeking out a way to get rid of any sensible inner voice telling them to cool it. Don't make viagra harder to get for men who want and need it for a normal life. Don't waste money trying to reach people who don't want to be reached...They are perfectly aware that they are engaging in high-risk behaviour.
True, they are, or should be, aware that they are engaging in high-risk behavior, but unfortunately society tends to coddle people who make poor choices.
Because AIDS became a highly politicized disease and it has become not so politically correct to censure the risky behaviors we end up with more AIDS than if it were treated as any other infectious disease.
All major religions, common law, and historical constructs of moral behavior espouse fidelity and monogamy. The outcome, whether directly intended or not, was that adherents were less likely to suffer syphillus, gonorrhea, cervical cancer (from human papilloma virus), genital warts, infertility (from pelvic inflammatory disease), and also AIDS. Flout the normanative behaviors generally accepted (if not always universally practiced) and there are consequences. The homosexual community on the whole practices sexual contact in a manner virtually guaranteed to produce the outcome we have today. I'm not saying homosexuality is wrong, but that the manner in which it is practiced all to often is destined to continue the present misery of the homosexual community.
Because AIDS became a highly politicized disease and it has become not so politically correct to censure the risky behaviors we end up with more AIDS than if it were treated as any other infectious disease.
All major religions, common law, and historical constructs of moral behavior espouse fidelity and monogamy. The outcome, whether directly intended or not, was that adherents were less likely to suffer syphillus, gonorrhea, cervical cancer (from human papilloma virus), genital warts, infertility (from pelvic inflammatory disease), and also AIDS. Flout the normanative behaviors generally accepted (if not always universally practiced) and there are consequences. The homosexual community on the whole practices sexual contact in a manner virtually guaranteed to produce the outcome we have today. I'm not saying homosexuality is wrong, but that the manner in which it is practiced all to often is destined to continue the present misery of the homosexual community.
# posted by 
: 7:23 AM
: 7:23 AM
I remember when I was a resident in the early 80's an attending physician asked us how many different sexual contacts the average male AIDS patient had had in his life. Most guessed dozens or 100-200. The actual answer at the time was about 1000. I don't care how the lefties want to spin it, that's not "normal" behavior.
# posted by : 4:22 PM
: 4:22 PM
Don't forget that HIV/AIDS is not a "gay" disease - more and more women are contracting it (in some parts of the world more women are infected than men, and in the US women represent the quickest growing group of new infections). Also, according to numerous scientific studies, the vast majority of gay men do not use Viagra as a party drug, or have 1000's of partners.
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