My take on the thread is a straight-forward question by OP
Wanting to get some info
Which this fine & mightily fun platform is all about
Threads develop & often head off in different directions
A new medicine which is designed to be [mainly] preventative taken post whatever has happened, is now being used [by some] instead of other methods of practising safe sex
Like it is some magic wand
The NHS faces a dilemma as the cost of the medication is lower than treatment of HIV over a lifetime
As mentioned above there are side effects & reducing the chances of catching HIV at the same time brings about increased risks of a whole load of other nasties
If that's what people wanna do its up to them - education is key IMO
My point is that why should tax payers foot the bill - if people want it let them buy rather than letting the NHS pick up the tab - for a medicine being used in a recreational way
I wonder how many [sane] UKP'ers would contemplate taking it & then go out on a BB hookering spree
As for Awank burds referencing this as a marketing tool [which i wasn't aware of] is IMO a train wreck in the making
Your situation is entirely different
I'm not sure how you think my comment relates to you
You can't choose what you were born with
Top marks for the SP making the suggestion
There will be a whole host of other problems me thinks which come about by having poor circulation
So taking Viagra / Tadafil on an NHS prescription benefits you in various ways, including when it comes to being able to perform on our favourite but disapproved of sport
An interesting opinion, webpunter. Some may feel I'm going slightly off-topic by what I'm going to post - and I apologise if so - but the vehemence with which webpunter's opinion is expressed above had me wondering about the following
I've posted on here before that because of the birth defect I was born with, I have very poor circulation and that an SP who worked in a Parlour & was my first-ever Regular some 12 or 13 years ago suggested that she could get me some Kamagra for more satisfactory performance. I said, "Maybe; but let me get my blood pressure, etc, checked first."
So I went to my GP who gave me a satisfactory health check before going on to tell me that my poor circulation meant that she could prescribe me 4 Viagra a month on the NHS.
Which, over the best part of 15 years has saved me a small fortune paying for Kamagra, then Viagra. I don't know how much I've cost the NHS; but I do know that next Monday, I'll be submitting my umpteenth repeat prescription for 4 more Tadalafil - I had to 'graduate' from Viagra 3 or 4 years ago as it was no longer doing the trick for me.
Obviously, I've also cost the NHS - us taxpayers - a substantial amount in that time to allow me and the girls I see in this socially disapproved-of pastime of ours some satisfaction in what we do together.
So, webpunter, if you disapprove as strongly as your post above makes it abundantly clear that you do of taxpayers' money being spent on the subject the OP raised, where do you stand on the cost of my - and I'm as sure as I can be that I'm not the only one on here in this situation - medication?