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Health Canada statistics show that about 12 percent of people who tested positive for HIV in the first six months of 2003 were 50 or older. "I have no doubt that Viagra and similar
drugs have dramatically changed the sex lives of some older people and that is going to be reflected in higher rates of HIV/AIDS," said Dr. Réjean Thomas, director of Clinique Médicale L'Actuel.
Lapierre said older Canadians with HIV/AIDS are difficult to reach because of taboos about talking about sex, attitudes toward condom use, and reluctance to get tested.
Thomas stressed that contrary to popular belief, Viagra and its new competitor, Cialis, are not used solely by older men. The drugs, he said, have become part of the rave scene, and he
noted dramatic rises in chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and herpes in recent years at his STD clinic.
Editor's Note: from the Globe and Mail
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