Guest guest Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Are there any upper age limits in terms of sexually active men (MSM) getting the vaccine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Yes, the FDA has approved it for boys/men ages 9 through 26 years.Here's the press release from last December:http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm237941.htm On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:33 AM, <Solarjerom@...> wrote: Are there any upper age limits in terms of sexually active men (MSM) getting the vaccine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Yes, the FDA has approved it for boys/men ages 9 through 26 years.Here's the press release from last December:http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm237941.htm On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:33 AM, <Solarjerom@...> wrote: Are there any upper age limits in terms of sexually active men (MSM) getting the vaccine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Great idea ...why do YOU contact them? For some reason, everyone in this list think I have all the time in the world and should do everyone's activist work. I am sorry to sound bitter but I get tired of great ideas and people telling me to do then. And the worst part is that no one contributes money or time, but takes everything for granted. This is one of the reasons we are losing ground in HIV access...most people have been enabled to have others take care of them. People do not want to donate money or time and feel entitled to have everything, from free drug, care, information, housing, transportation, etc...well, the times are changing and most of you need to wake up. There are very few of us working our asses for free, and a lot of us are leaving HIV to make a living and to worlds that support us fully. It is already happening and I foresee that we, treatment activists, will be extinct in a few years. Treatment education funding is now zero and there is a lot to do. Only those who write for magazines will still be around, since pharma funding for ads will still remain. For those of you sitting on your butts, going to the gym and doctor's appointments, and watching TV, the time is now to wake up and do something before you lose the few people that have been doing things for you. When you say " someone should do this " , it should mean " I will do this " . Yes, I am bitter but I am 100% honest. Some other activists in this list will probably have something to add. Do not take things personally. Thanks for the great idea...I am just venting off and not directing it at you. Vergel On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:45 AM, SF <richard2sf@...> wrote: , Since this test is for HPV 16 & 18 and the other high risk strains, why don't you contact the GMHC, Project Inform, and the Anal Cancer Foundation (www.analcancerfoundation.org) about what they may be doing activist-wise, to get the FDA to approve the test for HIV+ MSM as well. They all have been working together, to get the FDA to approve the Gardasil vaccine for men & boys to prevent anal dysplasia and cancer (sucessfully!) and next is to get the CDC to change their recommendations to ROUTINE for men & boys, as it already is for girls. It is only a matter of time that the HPV test is approved for us also, and then we can petition insurers to pay. I would ask them directly, as well as Dr. Palefsky at UCSF if you know him. ~ > > I am trying to find out how much this test is for me (we may have to pay out > of pocket since it is approved for women) > > ource: DGNews <http://www.docguide.com/journals/dgnews?tsid=6> | Posted 1 > week ago > FDA Approves HPV Test to Identify Women at Highest Risk for Cervical Cancer > > Tags: > - HPV/ Cervical > Cancer<http://www.docguide.com/conditions/hpv-cervical-cancer?tsid=6> > > - Viral Infections<http://www.docguide.com/conditions/viral-infections?tsid=6> > > Read/Add Comments<http://www.docguide.com/fda-approves-hpv-test-identify-women-highest-risk-cervical-cancer?tsid=6#comments> > | Email This <http://www.docguide.com/forward?path=node/1329485 & tsid=6> > | Print > This <http://www.docguide.com/print/1329485?tsid=6> > > NEW YORK -- April 20, 2011 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has > approved a human papillomavirus test (cobas HPV), which identifies women at > highest risk for developing cervical cancer. > > The test will help physicians make early, more accurate decisions about > patient > care, which may prevent many women from developing this deadly disease. > > The test utilises amplification of target DNA by the Polymerase Chain > Reaction > (PCR) and nucleic acid hybridisation for the detection of 14 high-risk (HR) > HPV > types in a single analysis. The test specifically identifies types HPV 16 > and > HPV 18 while concurrently detecting the other high risk types (31, 33, 35, > 39, > 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66 and 68). > > " Screening for high-risk HPV genotypes provides important additive > information > to Pap testing, and screening for the 2 highest risk types, HPV 16 and 18, > can > provide predictive information about a woman's risk for having cervical > pre-cancer or cancer, " said Mark H. Stoler, MD, Surgical Pathology and > Cytopathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, > Virginia. > " The cobas HPV Test provides physicians with a validated tool that helps > them > make early and more informed decisions regarding patient care. " > > The approval was based on data from the ATHENA study involving more than > 47,000 > women in the US. Results of the study demonstrated that 1 in 10 women, aged > 30 > years and older, who tested positive for HPV 16 and/or 18 by the cobas HPV > Test > actually had cervical pre-cancer even though they showed normal results with > the Pap test. > > SOURCE: Roche Diagnostics > > -- > > Vergel > Book link <http://amzn.to/hCzxdA> > ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Great idea ...why do YOU contact them? For some reason, everyone in this list think I have all the time in the world and should do everyone's activist work. I am sorry to sound bitter but I get tired of great ideas and people telling me to do then. And the worst part is that no one contributes money or time, but takes everything for granted. This is one of the reasons we are losing ground in HIV access...most people have been enabled to have others take care of them. People do not want to donate money or time and feel entitled to have everything, from free drug, care, information, housing, transportation, etc...well, the times are changing and most of you need to wake up. There are very few of us working our asses for free, and a lot of us are leaving HIV to make a living and to worlds that support us fully. It is already happening and I foresee that we, treatment activists, will be extinct in a few years. Treatment education funding is now zero and there is a lot to do. Only those who write for magazines will still be around, since pharma funding for ads will still remain. For those of you sitting on your butts, going to the gym and doctor's appointments, and watching TV, the time is now to wake up and do something before you lose the few people that have been doing things for you. When you say " someone should do this " , it should mean " I will do this " . Yes, I am bitter but I am 100% honest. Some other activists in this list will probably have something to add. Do not take things personally. Thanks for the great idea...I am just venting off and not directing it at you. Vergel On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:45 AM, SF <richard2sf@...> wrote: , Since this test is for HPV 16 & 18 and the other high risk strains, why don't you contact the GMHC, Project Inform, and the Anal Cancer Foundation (www.analcancerfoundation.org) about what they may be doing activist-wise, to get the FDA to approve the test for HIV+ MSM as well. They all have been working together, to get the FDA to approve the Gardasil vaccine for men & boys to prevent anal dysplasia and cancer (sucessfully!) and next is to get the CDC to change their recommendations to ROUTINE for men & boys, as it already is for girls. It is only a matter of time that the HPV test is approved for us also, and then we can petition insurers to pay. I would ask them directly, as well as Dr. Palefsky at UCSF if you know him. ~ > > I am trying to find out how much this test is for me (we may have to pay out > of pocket since it is approved for women) > > ource: DGNews <http://www.docguide.com/journals/dgnews?tsid=6> | Posted 1 > week ago > FDA Approves HPV Test to Identify Women at Highest Risk for Cervical Cancer > > Tags: > - HPV/ Cervical > Cancer<http://www.docguide.com/conditions/hpv-cervical-cancer?tsid=6> > > - Viral Infections<http://www.docguide.com/conditions/viral-infections?tsid=6> > > Read/Add Comments<http://www.docguide.com/fda-approves-hpv-test-identify-women-highest-risk-cervical-cancer?tsid=6#comments> > | Email This <http://www.docguide.com/forward?path=node/1329485 & tsid=6> > | Print > This <http://www.docguide.com/print/1329485?tsid=6> > > NEW YORK -- April 20, 2011 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has > approved a human papillomavirus test (cobas HPV), which identifies women at > highest risk for developing cervical cancer. > > The test will help physicians make early, more accurate decisions about > patient > care, which may prevent many women from developing this deadly disease. > > The test utilises amplification of target DNA by the Polymerase Chain > Reaction > (PCR) and nucleic acid hybridisation for the detection of 14 high-risk (HR) > HPV > types in a single analysis. The test specifically identifies types HPV 16 > and > HPV 18 while concurrently detecting the other high risk types (31, 33, 35, > 39, > 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66 and 68). > > " Screening for high-risk HPV genotypes provides important additive > information > to Pap testing, and screening for the 2 highest risk types, HPV 16 and 18, > can > provide predictive information about a woman's risk for having cervical > pre-cancer or cancer, " said Mark H. Stoler, MD, Surgical Pathology and > Cytopathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, > Virginia. > " The cobas HPV Test provides physicians with a validated tool that helps > them > make early and more informed decisions regarding patient care. " > > The approval was based on data from the ATHENA study involving more than > 47,000 > women in the US. Results of the study demonstrated that 1 in 10 women, aged > 30 > years and older, who tested positive for HPV 16 and/or 18 by the cobas HPV > Test > actually had cervical pre-cancer even though they showed normal results with > the Pap test. > > SOURCE: Roche Diagnostics > > -- > > Vergel > Book link <http://amzn.to/hCzxdA> > ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Hi ,Not taken personally at all. You make good valid points about all of us needing remain involved not only in our care but in activism.I just asked Dr. Palefsky, one of the lead HPV researchers in the US, and he says that he knows the people at Roche very well, and says that they were waiting to get approval for the test for cervical testing, and now are going after the FDA for anal testing approval. So we should hear from them about that in the near future. In the meantime, if you are able to find and get HPV type tested without approval, would you let us know? how and where you did it, and the cost?~ On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Vergel <nelsonvergel@...> wrote: Great idea ...why do YOU contact them? For some reason, everyone in this list think I have all the time in the world and should do everyone's activist work. I am sorry to sound bitter but I get tired of great ideas and people telling me to do then. And the worst part is that no one contributes money or time, but takes everything for granted. This is one of the reasons we are losing ground in HIV access...most people have been enabled to have others take care of them. People do not want to donate money or time and feel entitled to have everything, from free drug, care, information, housing, transportation, etc...well, the times are changing and most of you need to wake up. There are very few of us working our asses for free, and a lot of us are leaving HIV to make a living and to worlds that support us fully. It is already happening and I foresee that we, treatment activists, will be extinct in a few years. Treatment education funding is now zero and there is a lot to do. Only those who write for magazines will still be around, since pharma funding for ads will still remain. For those of you sitting on your butts, going to the gym and doctor's appointments, and watching TV, the time is now to wake up and do something before you lose the few people that have been doing things for you. When you say " someone should do this " , it should mean " I will do this " . Yes, I am bitter but I am 100% honest. Some other activists in this list will probably have something to add. Do not take things personally. Thanks for the great idea...I am just venting off and not directing it at you. Vergel On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:45 AM, SF <richard2sf@...> wrote: , Since this test is for HPV 16 & 18 and the other high risk strains, why don't you contact the GMHC, Project Inform, and the Anal Cancer Foundation (www.analcancerfoundation.org) about what they may be doing activist-wise, to get the FDA to approve the test for HIV+ MSM as well. They all have been working together, to get the FDA to approve the Gardasil vaccine for men & boys to prevent anal dysplasia and cancer (sucessfully!) and next is to get the CDC to change their recommendations to ROUTINE for men & boys, as it already is for girls. It is only a matter of time that the HPV test is approved for us also, and then we can petition insurers to pay. I would ask them directly, as well as Dr. Palefsky at UCSF if you know him. ~ > > I am trying to find out how much this test is for me (we may have to pay out > of pocket since it is approved for women) > > ource: DGNews <http://www.docguide.com/journals/dgnews?tsid=6> | Posted 1 > week ago > FDA Approves HPV Test to Identify Women at Highest Risk for Cervical Cancer > > Tags: > - HPV/ Cervical > Cancer<http://www.docguide.com/conditions/hpv-cervical-cancer?tsid=6> > > - Viral Infections<http://www.docguide.com/conditions/viral-infections?tsid=6> > > Read/Add Comments<http://www.docguide.com/fda-approves-hpv-test-identify-women-highest-risk-cervical-cancer?tsid=6#comments> > | Email This <http://www.docguide.com/forward?path=node/1329485 & tsid=6> > | Print > This <http://www.docguide.com/print/1329485?tsid=6> > > NEW YORK -- April 20, 2011 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has > approved a human papillomavirus test (cobas HPV), which identifies women at > highest risk for developing cervical cancer. > > The test will help physicians make early, more accurate decisions about > patient > care, which may prevent many women from developing this deadly disease. > > The test utilises amplification of target DNA by the Polymerase Chain > Reaction > (PCR) and nucleic acid hybridisation for the detection of 14 high-risk (HR) > HPV > types in a single analysis. The test specifically identifies types HPV 16 > and > HPV 18 while concurrently detecting the other high risk types (31, 33, 35, > 39, > 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66 and 68). > > " Screening for high-risk HPV genotypes provides important additive > information > to Pap testing, and screening for the 2 highest risk types, HPV 16 and 18, > can > provide predictive information about a woman's risk for having cervical > pre-cancer or cancer, " said Mark H. Stoler, MD, Surgical Pathology and > Cytopathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, > Virginia. > " The cobas HPV Test provides physicians with a validated tool that helps > them > make early and more informed decisions regarding patient care. " > > The approval was based on data from the ATHENA study involving more than > 47,000 > women in the US. Results of the study demonstrated that 1 in 10 women, aged > 30 > years and older, who tested positive for HPV 16 and/or 18 by the cobas HPV > Test > actually had cervical pre-cancer even though they showed normal results with > the Pap test. > > SOURCE: Roche Diagnostics > > -- > > Vergel > Book link <http://amzn.to/hCzxdA> > ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Up to 26 years of age The vaccine is three injections, each costing 175 dollars. If you are over 26, you are out of luck and have to pay out of pocket....but make sure that you do not have the " oncogenic " (cancer producing) HPV types. My doctor is finding out how much the recently approved HPV test for women would cost a man (it will not be covered for men yet) On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:33 AM, <solarjerom@...> wrote: Are there any upper age limits in terms of sexually active men (MSM) getting the vaccine? -- VergelBook link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I agree with you . I’m 65. I was ”here” in the beginning, doing activism when it was street activism. I worked the hotlines, then the NATIONAL AIDS HOTLINE. I was around when we started all the local, regional and national groups. I worked mostly in the background. Trying to support the frontline people who eventually had name recognition. It took us all to get the ball rolling. Most are dead now. I just wrote something like what you just said, to some other list (maybe this one, I forget), to someone who said, in effect, ”why doesn’t someone do . . . ” Like you I said, I’m exhausted, tired, old and sick. It’s time for YOU to get off your butt and do something. We do seem to live in an even more entitled community these days. I see so many exchanges on this list about people with vanity questions and spending thousands and thousands going to Mexico or some other country to get cosmetic surgery, or get drugs & treatment (demands) that will make them more sexy, more sexual. I just get so angry that we expect someone else to do the work, while other’s only concern is to get pretty. It’s just a cover up to hide the fact that this disease is killing people . . . no matter how good a person may look. Some of us just want to be able to live . . . without puking up our guts.Let’s face it, people . . . we’ve still got a long way to go. And if the young men in our gay world don’t get this lesson now, I fear they never will. And we old activists will have failed. Not many of us left who care enough any more, it seems.I’m not bitter. And I don’t think you are either, . I think we’re just tired. And we’re realists. I know that for me, I no longer live in a fantasy life like I used to. I know that if nothing changes, nothing changes. I said this long before I got sick, and I still say it now. The reality, boys and girls, is that if we — YOU and I don’t do this, no one else will. It’s for damn sure that the straights are not going to do it for us. Hugs for the trudge.Jon Markle (Raleigh) ~ 9.9.82 ~ "People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” ~ Bernard Shaw On Apr 28, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Vergel wrote:Great idea ...why do YOU contact them? For some reason, everyone in this list think I have all the time in the world and should do everyone's activist work. I am sorry to sound bitter but I get tired of great ideas and people telling me to do then. And the worst part is that no one contributes money or time, but takes everything for granted. This is one of the reasons we are losing ground in HIV access...most people have been enabled to have others take care of them. People do not want to donate money or time and feel entitled to have everything, from free drug, care, information, housing, transportation, etc...well, the times are changing and most of you need to wake up.There are very few of us working our asses for free, and a lot of us are leaving HIV to make a living and to worlds that support us fully. It is already happening and I foresee that we, treatment activists, will be extinct in a few years. Treatment education funding is now zero and there is a lot to do. Only those who write for magazines will still be around, since pharma funding for ads will still remain.For those of you sitting on your butts, going to the gym and doctor's appointments, and watching TV, the time is now to wake up and do something before you lose the few people that have been doing things for you. When you say "someone should do this", it should mean "I will do this".Yes, I am bitter but I am 100% honest. Some other activists in this list will probably have something to add.Do not take things personally. Thanks for the great idea...I am just venting off and not directing it at you. VergelOn Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:45 AM, SF <richard2sf@...> wrote:,Since this test is for HPV 16 & 18 and the other high risk strains, why don't you contact the GMHC, Project Inform, and the Anal Cancer Foundation (www.analcancerfoundation.org) about what they may be doing activist-wise, to get the FDA to approve the test for HIV+ MSM as well. They all have been working together, to get the FDA to approve the Gardasil vaccine for men & boys to prevent anal dysplasia and cancer (sucessfully!) and next is to get the CDC to change their recommendations to ROUTINE for men & boys, as it already is for girls. It is only a matter of time that the HPV test is approved for us also, and then we can petition insurers to pay. I would ask them directly, as well as Dr. Palefsky at UCSF if you know him.~>> I am trying to find out how much this test is for me (we may have to pay out> of pocket since it is approved for women)>> ource: DGNews <http://www.docguide.com/journals/dgnews?tsid=6> | Posted 1> week ago> FDA Approves HPV Test to Identify Women at Highest Risk for Cervical Cancer>> Tags:> - HPV/ Cervical> Cancer<http://www.docguide.com/conditions/hpv-cervical-cancer?tsid=6>>> - Viral Infections<http://www.docguide.com/conditions/viral-infections?tsid=6>>> Read/Add Comments<http://www.docguide.com/fda-approves-hpv-test-identify-women-highest-risk-cervical-cancer?tsid=6#comments>> | Email This <http://www.docguide.com/forward?path=node/1329485 & tsid=6>> | Print> This <http://www.docguide.com/print/1329485?tsid=6>>> NEW YORK -- April 20, 2011 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has> approved a human papillomavirus test (cobas HPV), which identifies women at> highest risk for developing cervical cancer.>> The test will help physicians make early, more accurate decisions about> patient> care, which may prevent many women from developing this deadly disease.>> The test utilises amplification of target DNA by the Polymerase Chain> Reaction> (PCR) and nucleic acid hybridisation for the detection of 14 high-risk (HR)> HPV> types in a single analysis. The test specifically identifies types HPV 16> and> HPV 18 while concurrently detecting the other high risk types (31, 33, 35,> 39,> 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66 and 68).>> "Screening for high-risk HPV genotypes provides important additive> information> to Pap testing, and screening for the 2 highest risk types, HPV 16 and 18,> can> provide predictive information about a woman's risk for having cervical> pre-cancer or cancer," said Mark H. Stoler, MD, Surgical Pathology and> Cytopathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville,> Virginia.> "The cobas HPV Test provides physicians with a validated tool that helps> them> make early and more informed decisions regarding patient care.">> The approval was based on data from the ATHENA study involving more than> 47,000> women in the US. Results of the study demonstrated that 1 in 10 women, aged> 30> years and older, who tested positive for HPV 16 and/or 18 by the cobas HPV> Test> actually had cervical pre-cancer even though they showed normal results with> the Pap test.>> SOURCE: Roche Diagnostics>> -->> Vergel> Book link <http://amzn.to/hCzxdA>>------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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