The 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club follows the true story of , a homophobic Texas electrician and rodeo enthusiast who is diagnosed with HIV in 1985 and given only 30 days to live . Refusing to accept his fate, he begins a desperate search for alternative treatments, eventually founding a "buyers club" to provide unapproved life-extending medication to himself and others in the AIDS community. 🩺 Diagnosis and Desperation
: He tries to obtain AZT, the only FDA-approved drug at the time, but finds it is being strictly controlled in clinical trials where he might receive a placebo. dallas buyers club detailed plot
: In 1985 Dallas, Ron Woodroof is hospitalized after a work injury, only to learn he is HIV positive. The 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club follows the
: Initially, Ron reacts with violent homophobia, claiming he can't have a "gay disease". : In 1985 Dallas, Ron Woodroof is hospitalized
: After illegally buying AZT from an orderly, his health continues to fail because the high dosages used at the time were toxic. The Birth of the Buyers Club The Brain on Dallas Buyers Club, part one