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

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   A doctor may prescribe PrEP to a patient for a variety of reasons, said Dr. Antonio Urbina, professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and medical director for the ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. How Does HIV Prevention Medication Work? - WebMD

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   PrEP isn’t for emergency use after HIV exposure. If you were exposed to HIV in the last 72 hours, talk to your doctor or emergency room or urgent care provider about post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

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.