At-Risk Populations

Study Shows Optimism About AIDS Drugs May Fuel Risky Behavior

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 13th, 1999

The drug cocktails that have revolutionized AIDS treatment in the United States have made some gay men more willing to engage in risky sex, researchers said.

A study presented at the U.S. National HIV Prevention Conference showed gay men were less likely to use condoms or abstain from anal sex if they felt confident that AIDS drugs could prolong their lives or even prevent infections.

"Clearly many Americans equate improved treatments with a cure, which they are not," said Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

There has been mounting evidence in the late 1990s of increases in risky sexual...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1999-09-13)

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