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  2. HIV Prevention Drug PrEP Must Be Free Under Most Insurance Plans

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    A 2018 analysis from the CDC found that about 1.1 million adults in the United States are at risk for HIV and should be offered PrEP, but only 78,360 PrEP prescriptions were filled in commercial ...

  3. How Effective Is PrEP for HIV and AIDS? - WebMD

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    PrEP stops HIV from taking hold in your body and spreading. If PrEP works as intended, you should not become HIV-positive. The FDA has approved two pills and one injectable drug for PrEP. FTC/TDF ...

  4. Ask the Advocate: How Do I Disclose That I'm Taking PrEP?

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    PrEP is 99% effective [against getting HIV from sexual contact] when it is taken as prescribed. The HIV-negative person taking PrEP will need to follow the dosing schedule they have arranged with ...

  5. Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention - Wikipedia

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    Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a general term for the use of medications to prevent the spread of disease in people who have not yet been exposed to a disease-causing agent. The term PrEP now typically refers to the use of antiviral drugs as a strategy for the prevention of HIV/AIDS. [1] PrEP is one of a number of HIV prevention strategies for ...

  6. PrEP for HIV: How It Works, Who It’s For, Side Effects, and More

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    PrEP can help reduce your risk of contracting HIV through sexual contact or injection drug use. PrEP may be taken as a daily pill or administered as a bimonthly injection. According to HIV.gov ...

  7. PrEP: Answers About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV - WebMD

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    PrEP is expensive -- it can cost as much as $13,000 a year without insurance. Most insurance plans do cover Truvada , which means you'd pay your normal copay amount for brand-name drugs.

  8. PrEP HIV Protection: Is It for You? - WebMD

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    PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a medication that prevents you from getting infected by HIV. It comes in two forms: daily pills and bimonthly injections. You may be a candidate for PrEP if ...

  9. Pre-exposure prophylaxis - Wikipedia

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    Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is the use of medications to prevent the spread of disease in people who have not yet been exposed to a disease-causing agent. Vaccination is the most commonly used form of pre-exposure prophylaxis ; other forms of pre-exposure prophylaxis generally involve drug treatment, known as chemoprophylaxis .

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