Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV transmission
Saturday, May 9, 2009 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
A recently completed international multi-centre clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission when taken by people infected with both HIV and HSV-2...