Question by bekah: This might be the dumbest Q…but is a drug a treatment?
Like a drug that will help you not get a disease such as malaria (you would take anti-malarial drugs)..so would that be a treatment or no? -thanks for answering

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Answer by kelly d
there is… well your bascically describing a vaccine… and there are drugs to treat malaria… and you can take them before you get it… or the same thing with HIV meds… taking them “prophalatically”.. spelled wrong…. can stop you from getting the disease

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