Do you think pharmaceutical companies have the cures to STDs?
359317
It depends which STD you're talking about. So far no one has found a cure for AIDS. Medications for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and herpes are available with a doctor's prescription. I think you've been watching some pretty slanted reports designed to scare the populace and make them madder at the pharmaceutical companies than they already are.
341814
"Also, we have never been able to cure a viral disease, only vaccinate against them."\n\nThis is incorrect; antiviral drugs are available, now.\n\nIn Australia, you can buy antivirals at the pharmacy to treat "cold sores" caused by Herpes simplex.  There are other drugs used by doctors now, too.  One of my colleagues was treated with them, when she contracted "chicken pox" (Herpes zoster) as an adult, a few years ago; she was very ill, needing to be in hospital.\n\nHIV infection is also treated with HAART now; highly active anti - retroviral therapy.  HIV is a RNA virus, you see; a retrovirus.\n\n(No; it doesn't wear loud 70's fashions!)\n\n:-)\n\nAntibiotics do not work against viral infections.
1024725
We are taught from the beggining that a pill can solve anything, they give us asprin for headaches, tylenol for fever, antibiotics for sicknesses.  Why would that type of conditioning not lead us to believe that drugs are the solution.
1070692
they probably have come up with cures many years ago, but do you really think that the pharmacy companies would allow  the cures to be known public, where would they make their money at then?
1091637
Absolutely not. Did you know that the pharmaceutical industry takes in more money than all other industries combined? They have a drug for every symptom a person could possibly have. Whatever happened to "sweating it out"? Maybe we'd be a healthier people if we didn't take so many pills. They want us to be scared of natural plants (marijuana: which is given to people with cancer and aids) but they want to cram all kinds of lab-created drugs down our throats. They make me sick (please excuse the pun).
1159596
They will never have a cure because the money is in the medication.....i believe there is a cure
251525
no..its not..Pfizer is the maker of viagra
918990
Absolutely.\n\nProstitution--just like drug use--has been around since the beginning of time and no amount of legislation is going to make it go away. History shows that criminalizing a certain individual choice is never a solution--it tends to only push the behavior underground, increase crime, and decrease the safety of those who participate (e.g. Prohibition and abortion pre-Roe v. Wade).\n\nLegalization, coupled with heavy regulation, will reduce the prevalence and spread of STDs, give the rights and protections that come with legitimacy to those who work in the sex industry, and all-but destroy the networks of crime that have sprung up around prostitution.\n\nSlap a sin tax on it, like they do for booze and cigarettes, and use the revenue to fund a licensing program implementing mandatory STD testing for sex workers every six months or so. Why not? Not to mention the huge amount of cash that would be saved/earned from the ensuing drop in crime, hike in property values, etc. \n\nAlso, in the long run, legalizing prostitution will greatly lighten the burden on our health care system, as regulating the industy would reduce rates of STDs, especially AIDS. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.\n\nThere's no arguing with data: regulating prostitution has been shown to reduce crime, levels of HIV infection, divorce rates, and incidence of rape and teenage prostitution.
197854
Yes I have seen it. And I believe it.  The pharmaceutical companies should have better testing requirements for the medications that they make, and push on the general public.
1171408
Pharma companies make wayyy too much money on the "drug cocktail", the many drugs AIDS patients must take.  A cure means no one buys those drugs anymore.  It is in the best interest of their profit margin and their existense as a company that they never find a cure.
1148332
no cure for herpes. none at all.\ntreatment only.  treatment has come along way and supression seems to be the best doctors can do now.
459235
It can be transmitted by any body fluid in a number of different ways. Sex, sharing needles, etc. Some people respond to drug treatment better than others. Sooner they catch and treat it, the better you chances to live longer. Not cure for it yet.
1162917
Hehe, yeah, that WAS cute.  I keep hoping Pfizer or Eli-Lily, or like, Fielding Pharmaceutical will re-introuduce Quaaludes.  \n\nLOL!\n\nWouldn't that be hilarious?
410342
No. There is currently no cure for AIDs. There are some anti-viral drugs that try and stop the virus from multiplying. These drugs extend a person's lifespan.\n\nRecently, several strains of HIV have mutated and the drugs are not as effective. This is because some people are engaging in unsafe sexual behavior and exposing themselves again and again to these other strains. A person can become infected with several strains at once. If you have HIV, you should not engage in unsafe sexual activities with other HIV sufferers (i.e. always wear a condom unless you are in a monogamous relationship).\n\nI will be walking in a "Aid for AIDS in Nevada" charity walk this Sunday. If you (or anyone else) is interested in sponsoring me, please click the link below.
649594
Yes. They are working on prevention. It is always better to prevent disease and illness rather than cure it once it is obtained. What would you rather have? A chance to prevent getting Herpes and HIV or a cure once you got the disease? Do your part and be responsible to prevent it. Everyone has that responsibility. Do not expect scientists to find a cure for saving your health and life soley. Everyone needs to prevent themselves and others. Scientists try very hard and often successful at cures and prevention (such as immune vacinations). They are only one component to the disease process. If people can prevent getting disease and spreading it, there will not be a need for "cure". Awareness, education and safe practice is key.
190182
There are cures out there right now -- sometimes it is surgical and sometimes it is medical.  I don't there will ever be a single cure for cancer -- it is a complex family of diseases. Some cancers hve very good five year survival rates.  Others do not.  Early detection is almost always key.\n\nWe also know that certain things cause cancer in humans.  Not everytime and not with every person.  But if you compare 1,000 cigarette smokers to 1,000 non-smokers (all other factors being equal) you will see a large difference in lung cancer rates.  That is not to say that all smokers get cancer -- but it is to say that if smoking goes down, so do lung cancer rates.  Radon is a similar factor.  Even viruses (certain STDs) are linked with an increased rate of reproductive cancers.  Sun exposure.  Certain foods.\n\nNone of that is secret.  The government suggests avoiding tobacco, eating a health diet, etc.  Early detection also helps a lot.  Breast cancer and prostate cancer especially benefit from early detection.  That is why the government suggest regular screening for these diseases (pab, mammogram, colonoscopy) at certain ages/intervals.\n\nThere is no question that pharma has a large financial stake in the current health care system.  That said, if a company did have the miracle drug they would produce it! \n\nWhy?  That company would have an almost invaluable asset -- one subject to intellectual property protections.  Set on a shelf that is worth nothing to the company.  On the market, it would probably make a company with only that product the most valuable pharma company in the world.\n\nOne has to only look at several recent examples to see how pharma benefits from introducig new drugs -- look at the Cox2 inhibitors.  Or new PPIs that are little different from what will soon enough be available as generic.  They spend buckets of money on R&D and advertising.  That only generates revenue when they have a product to sell.\n\nThe only way the conspiracy theory works is if there is some non-patentable treatment out there that pharma discovered long ago.  And I don't believe that for a second!  Cancer is too complicated for a single cure. And I can't imagine something that couldn't get some intellectual protection.  Information leaks.  These people have families who suffer from these same illnesses.\n\nIn terms of the FDA, federal law does prohibit marketing medicine that has not been proven safe and effective.  One can argue about where we are at in that balancing act.  But the idea is that I can't make my own variety of snake oil (mabe even one containing a carcinogen) and then claiming it cures cancer 100% of the time.\n\nIn terms of presidents, I think Grant died of cancer.\n\nLast point:  if such a product existed, it would likely save the government lots of money.  The federal governmant pays for medicare (including chemo drugs).  The state and federal governments split the costs of medicaid (low income).\n\nSo, this is really nothing more than an urban legend -- a cruel one that makes little sense to me.
26184
Any viral infection like genital warts, HIV and Herpes have no cure but can be treated.  \n\nBacteria infections such as syphillis, ghonnerea and the like can be treated and a lot of the time cured with different antibiotics.