Michael Lucas is HIV-negative and plans to stay that way. To achieve this end, the gay adult film mogul is banking on his daily use of PrEP (pre-exposure prohylaxis) and, aware that condomless-sex happens all the time (even in the films he produces), he’s encouraging other sexually-active gay men to follow suit.
Related: Michael Lucas Explains His Controversial Decision To Make Condom-Free Adult Films
Hear what else Lucas has to say below.
Captain proton
I hope he has a liver donor on standby. Truveda isn’t all fun and games, it has side effects.
James Freeman
He could be less of a whore…
MissThang
Thank you Michael for publicly using your notoriety to educate the community about PrEP. I have been on PrEP for 6 months now and have had unprotected sex many times & have been tested 3 times already and HIV Negative. It works and I feel great and having lots of good sex.
Londale Foster
I wish they had this back in 1995. My BFF would still be here with me. 🙁
redcarpet30
@Captain proton: Thats a lie. Truvada as PrEP is NOT the same as Truvada as treatment, and side effects are rare if at all. But just in case, the PrEP protocol has doctors monitor you every 3 months with various blood tests, just in case. If there is a problem, they can pull you off of it. Otherwise it WORKS.
Stop spreading FUD just to feel morally superior. Especially when its complete bullshit.
[email protected]
Thank you Michael Lucas for spreading the word on PrEP!
Peter McKinney
Good luck with that.
rand1
Love porn. Love PrEP. Great mix of the two
JohnnyPornLover
It’s a shame not a lot of people know about PrEP. Thank you Michael Lucas for using your notoriety to get it out there.
rand1
@Captain proton: the fact you’ve misspelled Truvada really speaks to your expertise on the drug as a pre-exposure prophylaxis. Kudos!
Rob Laughlin
Neg gay men who can get prep and don’t are foolish. No reason not to use every tool in the arsenal. And saying he could be less of a whore shows nothing but ignorance. It takes one time, one slip up.
Rational
I just wonder how much money Michael Lucas has invested in this drug. He is it’s largest, and loudest cheerleader …and it seems he doesn’t do anything that doesn’t come with a monetary reward.
Billy Budd
I personally think it is madness to take dangerous drugs when you can defend yourself with a condom.
Billy Budd
How much are they paying him for the publicity?
Billy Budd
“Look, I am very promiscuous and there is no risk at all in taking PrEP”.
Alexander Steven
Was this filmed before or after he went on his bigoted tangent about how all the Syrian are barbarians?
James Sigmon
Quit being a whore.
Brian
Michael Lucas needs a daily dose of vitamin C. It may give him that extra spark.
Avery Alvarez
@Rob Laughlin: Neg gay men can make up their own minds about their sexual habits and don’t need nobodys on the internet to tell them what to do.
Giancarlo85
Stupid people who are barebacking while taking PrEP. Maybe start by using condoms. That might help.
@Rob Laughlin: Brilliant logic. I’m sure you’re barebacking all the time thinking PrEP will protect you 100%. *shakes head*
Stache99
@Giancarlo85: Why is someone stupid if they choose to take something that is 100% effective vs something that has an 85% effective rate?
Realityis
Hmmmm, since the makers of Truvada say PrEP treatment is meant to be employed alongside other prevention methods, such as safer sex practices, risk-reduction counseling, and regular HIV testing, why are we listening to someone who endorses barebacking? That’s a major way to spread this disease and is reckless in my opinion.
Don’t get me wrong, his movies are hot, but I am so afraid for the day that we here news that someone became infected, while on PrEP, or someone was jailed for lying about being on PrEP, and wasn’t and was HIV+, etc. etc. etc.
I don’t care if someone is on Truvada, I take it, but not for PrEP. But why use it the way it was not intended to be used. Who is going to be to blame when that “news” comes out. Not Big Pharma, not Insurance Companies, not Doctors, just that person.
To me it’s as BAD a decision as the person who becomes HIV+ because he or she had unsafe sex. Like me, tho it was because my partner of 5 years lied to me the whole time.
Truvada does have the potential to create some bad side effects, like lipodystrophy. I already see it happening in one friend of mine but I don’t have the heart to talk to him about it, cus he knows I am suffering from it, and knows it is psychologically and mentally debilitating. Lipodystrophy is caused by many different factors, but the drug is a major factor, and certain types are more susceptible then others..
Also, how can we scream at the guy who inflated that drug for Toxo (which ironically is how that partner of mine died) and not scream at the makers of Truvada and other drugs like it……
Mind-boggling.
Giancarlo85
@Stache99: So… bareback while on PrEP? That’s real smart. It isn’t 100% and even the manufacturers of the drug make it sufficiently clear that it is to be used WITH other safe sex methods.
Realize bareback sex also spreads other diseases like drug resistent syphillis and gonorrhea.
DerekR
@Giancarlo85: Do you ever get tired of proselytizing? Christ you are like a broken record repeating the same sh@t over and over and over……
Giancarlo85
@DerekR: Oh here we go… another bullshit queen.
jwtraveler
@Rob Laughlin: @Billy Budd: There are good arguments for Prep and condoms. Everyone should be informed so they can make the right choices for themselves. There is no reason to insult and attack people for making a different choice than you do.
Personally I think that everyone should use condoms regardless of whether they use Prep. There are many other STDs, some of them quite serious, including hepatitis, that are not prevented by Prep. Why risk those? A recent study in SF found Truvada 100% effective in preventing HIV infection (great news), but a huge increase in STDs among men using it (not good). And there is always the potential for a new (and deadly) bug to emerge, which good devastate our community just as HIV did in the 1980s and 90s.
My take on it: Truvada is a terrific development, but it is not a panacea and should not be seen as a license to engage in irresponible behavior.
macrochap
Barebacking with strangers is so f-ing stupid. Not just hiv, but Hepatitis, etc etc.
Ive met a lot of men and I never once in my life met a man who was worth catching a deadly disease over. Most of those guys wont even call you a second time to see you again, and now they just gave you a deadly disease??? Pfffft Im sure he wasnt worth it.
I been oral only for casual hookups for 22 years and I Love getting tested and its always negative. I Only did anal in relationships.
Dont do it young people, dont change your health over 1 dumb trick, its not worth it ll all. Go home and beat off, youll be fine after
Stache99
@macrochap: You do realize that Hepatitis can come from a variety of sources and people can get vaccinated for it.
Stache99
@jwtraveler: “it should not be seen as a license to engage in irresponible behavior.”
Couldn’t the same be said about condoms and birth control? You sound like the Church.
Stache99
For those of you that are suffering from hysteria just realize that it’s not going away. More and more people are taking it and study after study confirms it’s effectiveness. All you’re doing is annoying the fuck out of everyone in the meantime with your “sky is falling” theatrics.
Tobi
Does PrEP protect you from Super-Gonorrhea?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34269315
DerekR
@DerekR: I’ll take that as a “no” and you’re going to continue being incredibly annoying and basic…
Kieru
@redcarpet30: The Truvada dosage you take whether you are using it to help control your viral load or as PrEP is exactly the same; one 500mg tablet comprised of 200 mg of emtricitabine and 300 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate. The only factor that changes your dosage requirements is your creatinine clearance; and this only changes whether you take 1 pill once a day, 1 pill every two days, or are disqualified from taking the pill at all.
If someone has told you that Truvada as PrEP is a different dosage and because of that “safer” they are misleading you. Truvada, like any ART, carries with it the possibility of side effects like liver damage. HIV therapies like Truvada have made AMAZING progress at minimizing those side-effects, but the risks do increase over prolonged use.
Giancarlo85
@Stache99: Uh huh. And what about drug resistent syphillis and gonorrhea? Two of which have seen sky rocketing cases in the US (in general, but also specifically within out community?
Your line of thought is incredibly dangerous. You seem to think HIV is the only disease out there. Wake up, there are others that are growing increasingly drug resistent.
Giancarlo85
@DerekR: You can continue being a hit and run ignorant troll. I haven’t seen you here before and don’t really care what you say.
Stache99
You can also just as easily get it from s*cking c*ck. I’m pretty sure you don’t wear condoms for that. No such thing as no risk sex when your having sex with strangers.
seasailor
Yay, let’s fill our bodies full of more ‘promised land’ drugs. We’ll see y’all in 15 years when the ‘continued’ use of this has it’s effects. And it will. It’s not scare-mongering. It’s a pharmaceutical fact. Why, because long-term effects have yet to be studied. Sure, it works, but at the expense of what? That has yet to be seen. A friend of mine had dormant HIV for 10 years. He was probably spreading it for just as long. You can get yourself tested till the cows come home…it doesn’t always mean you’re safe. Do you completely 100% trust this drug? Are you willing to bet your life on it? #justsayin
Random
@Giancarlo85: I don’t know how many times it needs to be stated but both syphilis and gonorrhea can be contracted WITHOUT barebacking, as they can be transmitted via oral sex.
Also condoms efficacy at preventing the bacterial STIs tend to be much less then HIV. If you have syphilis and the sore is on a bit of a skin that isn’t covered by the condom, or if you don’t have the condom on during all the foreplay etc, its not going to make a big difference in terms of prevention.
Random
@seasailor: It’s not true to say that long term effects have yet to be studied as both of the drugs that make up Truvada have been used in clinical settings for for over a decade. In terms of ‘patient years’ that represents a considerable amount of time. Part of the reason Truvada was chosen for PrEP is because it’s one of the better tolerated HIV drugs, with few serious side effects. But anyone taking Truvada will be monitored by their health care provider so should problems arise, they can discontinue use of the drugs for PrEP. #factsrule
Bisexual-Transwoman
This is very old news. He said this when the drug first came out and became available for the public to use. I would not be surprised if he’s not already HIV+ or has other STDs or is well on his way to becoming HIV+. Truvada/prep does have horrible side effects such as liver damage, and bone density loss. Using Truvada is not an excuse to bareback the way a lot of people claim it is based on studies; but you’re supposed to use condoms with Truvada but I know of nobody that actually does this; but these people are idiots who have a death wish and who want to become HIV+.
Bisexual-Transwoman
@Giancarlo85: Well said.
notevenwrong
@Kieru, liver damage isn’t a side effect of Truvada as PrEP.
Bisexual-Transwoman
@seasailor: Well said. Truvada use and barebacking is just going to lead to a major increase in horrible side effects from the drug, HIV infection/transmission, and an increase in other STDs.
Kangol
I’m not going to judge Michael Lucas or anyone else on PrEP, but he doesn’t say that raw sex while on Truvada without condoms could result in people getting other STIs/STDs, some of them serious, like Hep C.
So it does appear to prevent HIV seroconversion, which is very good, and requires regular monitoring of the liver for side effects, which is definitely doable, but raw sex still has risks which people need to take into account, and if they’re cool with the risks, have lots of raw sex (on Truvada at the very least, if you’re HIV-negative)!
popperpig
You know what’s easier than Prep and/or condoms? Stop having fucking butt sex. There’s so much other stuff to do that minimize risk. You guys think a great sex life = dick in a butt – jeeze. How fucking boring?! I’m not a top or a bottom, and I’m as sexual as I wanna be, and my risk for Hiv is pretty low since, ya know, I don’t have raw anal sex. It’s not rocket science, people. Stop letting other people tell you what a normal sex life is. Jerk it off. Suck some dick. Get sucked off. Your risk for even the other stuff is pretty low- and you aren’t putting all your eggs in one basket.
Giancarlo85
@Random: You don’t seem to quite grasp what I have been saying. So I will put it in simple terms… Having unprotected sex will greatly increase ones chance at catching something. Safe sex includes several methods and aspects, including knowing your partner(s) and moderating sexual activity.
By the way, while it is possible to catch a disease through oral sex, that risk is far greater with unprotected bareback sex.
And yes, top and bottom… Whatever. I agree dick in a butt is quite boring. I rarely do anal sex with my boyfriend. It just isn’t appealing to us.
Bisexual-Transwoman
@popperpig: That’s very true. I rarely have anal sex and when I have it was with a condom and I was in a relationship.
notevenwrong
@Kangol, regarding Hep C, gay sex isn’t considered a high risk activity for Hep C transmission. If you look on the CDC site http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/hcvfaq.htm#section1 under “Who should be tested for HCV infection?” you’ll see that MSM aren’t even on the list.
By the way, there are vaccines for Hep A and B, and hep C is curable.
notevenwrong
@Kangol also, PrEP doesn’t require regular monitoring of the liver. It requires a kidney function test every three months, but nothing for the liver.
Blackceo
Here we go with this PrEP shit again. Listen..if people want to take this and it works for them more power to you. I am in a monogamous relationship so this doesn’t even really apply to me but (and I am only speaking for myself) I am not shoving a pill down my throat for which there have been no longitudinal studies on side effects. Sure they say there are nonside effects or very minimal until 10 years later when they say “oh well the side effects are worse than we thought” Not saying that will happen but no Im not risking it and no I’m not going tonthe doctor every 3 months for blood tests to make sure its not damaging anything.
But again…good pill for reducing the spread of HIV but condoms have done me great since I started having sex and so why mess with a good thing. To each their own.
Blackceo
Oh and lets not forget about all the other nasty shit that has no cure that u can catch that PrEP isnt protecting against.
Random
@Blackceo: If you think that condoms protect you from bacterial STIs, then you’re seriously misinformed.
Random
@Giancarlo85: I understood what you saying perfectly well which is why it was necessary to correct you.
Giancarlo85
@Random: Nope. You didn’t correct anything as you didn’t actually read what I said. You really are random. You post random nonsense.
@Random: Condoms are highly effective. They aren’t 100%, but they are a necessary tool.
You don’t quite seem to grasp the facts.
onthemark
@Random: Yes, you’re correct that one can get gonorrhea or syphilis from ORAL sex.
Contracted orally, they are both sometimes asymptomatic for quite a long while. Contracted anally, they are usually much more noticeable very soon, so you’d be much more likely to realize something is wrong and get tested.
Yet there is no great clamor to urge all gay men to suck ONLY condom-wrapped penises! Logically, the prudes here should be saying that, and yet they are not. Go figure.
Like others here, I personally am not a great fan of anal sex. And I’d NEVER do it without a condom. Speaking for myself. But like you (and unlike others here), I don’t feel compelled to try to run everyone else’s sex lives.
Giancarlo85
Prudes? LOL.
You. Are. More. At. Risk. Of. Contracting. A. Disease. If. You. Do. Unprotected. Anal. Sex.
I’m not trying to run anyone else’s sex life. I’m just stating the facts.
Blackceo
@Random:
Does PrEP protect me from it at all or do I have a better chance of protection from other STIs with condoms?