 Hey fam, my name is Ray DeRozzi and today I'm going to be talking about a long extended release Injectable drug for prep for those of you who aren't familiar prep stands for pre exposure Prophylaxis it is a drug that can be taken to prevent Yourself from getting HIV transmission. So this is a great drug because not only does it prevent HIV transmission up to? I think 96 about 96 percent or more But it also puts the onus back on the individual for you to safeguard and protect your own sexual health alongside things like condoms prep is a really effective and Incredible tool against HIV transmission disclaimer real quick. I'm not sponsored for this video We've healthcare who are the creators of the drug did not sponsor me They haven't paid me or given me anything in kind. So I just this is something I'm very passionate about so Moving forward, I just want to continue providing you with as much information as I can that I think will be helpful for you the name is aptitude and the thing is with these retail medication names is they often sound really catchy and and fun and Good vibes all around which makes sense when you're trying to appeal to the mass market You don't want your drug to sound weird or scary or hard to pronounce So they often have these really catchy names like aptitude The medication that I took before Victar v was Jen Boyer And if you think about it, it's like combining the words generation and voyage Jen Boyer I am the next generation of people living with HIV going on a voyage into the future of health and empowerment is Is kind of what it makes me think of what they want you to think right? So aptitude that kind of reminds me of the word aptitude kind of being intelligent Smart having the wherewithal to safeguard and protect your health aptitude. I like it The medical name is Cabo Tegravir Like you can understand why they wouldn't want to market their drugs by their scientific names That's hard to pronounce it doesn't it's not associated with anything. It just kind of it might be a little alienating So Cabo Tegravir is the science name and like I said, it's an extended release injectable drug for Acting as prep for HIV one and HIV one is the most common Strain of HIV worldwide So that is going to give protection to the most amount of people in the most amount of situations great news Cabo Tegravir is not an entirely new drug It is used in the other medication by the retail name Cabo Nuva Which was recently Approved by the FDA for long-acting injectable HIV treatment for people living with HIV So we've got the long-acting for people living with HIV and now we have the long-acting for people who want to protect themselves against HIV transmission So Cabo Nuva for people living with HIV This one has the added scientific drug called real pivirine And so it's the combination of those two drugs that really give a person the ability to combat HIV once they are diagnosed Real pivirine is not is not needed for those of you who are HIV negative So it's just the Cabo Tegravir. If you're interested in me doing a video on Cabo Nuva If you let me know in the comments down below that will give me incentive to hurry up and make the dang video But but either way, please leave your thoughts down in the comments below about Cabo Nuva Do you know about it? Have you heard about it? Are you taking it now? What's your experience? Please share it with me I'd love to hear about it and I need the extra push to make that video for y'all So aptitude is injected into the muscle of the buttocks or the but the booty as it were each month For the first two months so the first month you're gonna go in get an injection You're gonna come back the next month to get an injection and from then on it's once every two months that's really great and Some doctors may in order to make sure that your body can tolerate it Well instead of giving you that for initial injection will start out with Cabo Nuva in its pill form and have you take the pill Every day for a month just to see how your body reacts. Do you tolerate it? Well, what are the side effects like and once that is okay once you go through it And everything looks good then move on to the injectables So that is something to talk about with your doctor and mention if they don't mention it themselves There is an easily findable website called aptitude.com Which I'll be sure to put in the description box below for your convenience and It has a lot of this information that I'm going through in this video here as well as a really cute little round table discussion Where they talk with a few people living with HIV and their experiences Leading into talking about this medication. So Aside from having a new medication that's really effective and really great And it's you know, we're making advancements as we continue to do for me Like the really hot button important aspect of this medication is that it really addresses a topic that is becoming more and more top of mind in relation to HIV sex and relationships and disclosure in particular and I find that a lot of times the the concerns that are made about Engaging in sexual activity with someone who is HIV positive is how do I know you're taking your medication every day? Right, you could be undetectable. First of all, how do I know you're telling the truth and second of all How do I know that you aren't experiencing an HIV blip where suddenly you're not undetectable and also How do I know that you are in fact taking your medication every day like you say that you are How do I know you didn't miss a dose blah blah blah all those concerns whether they're founded or not because as I've done in a in a previous video and I'll link to a card here on HIV blips Those aren't really much of a concern at all but regardless a lot of times those types of concerns can create for sticky situations or can contribute to stigma and just negative situations all around so what This does if someone who is HIV negative can hop on something like aptitude Especially knowing that it's a long acting injectable I mean even if you're HIV negative person and you want to take prep you have to do that You have to remember to take your pill every single day There can be situations where it's hard to remember to be adherent to your Regiment of taking it every single day and some people don't want to do that every single day It's like they might be interested in prep as an idea and that they can Protect themselves in that way, but maybe they just are like gosh I really don't want to have to remember to do that every day And then if you forget like maybe three days ago, I forgot. Oh, does that mean I'm not protected today? I don't know there could be all these like questions and stuff lingering still so all those things contribute to a very complicated Interaction with those of us who are living with HIV and the more we can simplify Sexual health and those conversations and not have to make it about trust But really about just taking an active role in our own sexual health the better the overall understanding of HIV community of Sexual health and of reducing stigma is going to be and how much quicker that's going to advance and grow anyway Let me get off my soapbox. Holy shit So for those people who are HIV negative being able to take aptitude and not have to think about it But once every two months, that's great. And then not have to be worried about am I protected am I not like that? Can be such a psychological relief for people who are HIV negative and it Takes the burden off of the person living with HIV when you are having that Conversation around sex. All right, so that's aptitude. I hope you found this video informative If you liked this video, please like it subscribe if you haven't already and hit that bell So that you get a notification every time a new video of mine gets posted Don't forget. Let me know in the comments down below if you would like to see a video on Cabanuva or any other topic too I'm always looking at what you guys want to see next and I have a lot of great content coming for you soon Cheers