Pre-exposure (PrEP)
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
4. PrEP Use Widens, But Disparities Remain
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Thursday, 22 December 2016 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was again a major HIV story in 2016. The latest figures from a pharmacy survey by Gilead Sciences showed that more than 79,000 people in the U.S. have started Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) for HIV prevention, but the survey does not include all PrEP providers and most experts think this estimate is low.
HIVR4P 2016: The Long Tail Problem -- Injectable PrEP Trial To Be Extended Due to Drug Persistence
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Monday, 14 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Gus Cairns
A study presented at last month’s HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) conference in Chicago shows that in a minority of people who were given the experimental injectable drug cabotegravir as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the drug was still measurable in their body a full year after their last injection.
HIV Glasgow: Tests of Online PrEP Purchases Find No Fakes and Adequate Drug Levels
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Gus Cairns
A sexual health clinic in central London that offered to test drug levels in users of tenofovir/emtricitabine pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) who had bought it online found adequate levels of both drugs in their blood, and no sample suggesting counterfeit drugs.
IDWeek 2016: HIV+ Men and Men on PrEP in Boston See Large Increase in Sexually Transmitted Infections
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Rates of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia have risen steeply at Fenway Health in Boston since 2011, according to presentation last week at IDWeek in New Orleans. Being HIV-positive and using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV were associated with higher risk of getting-sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but more frequent STI testing and treatment could potentially help reduce the numbers.
IDWeek 2016: Electronic Health Records Can Help Select Candidates for HIV PrEP
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Friday, 28 October 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A machine learning algorithm used to analyze electronic health records (EHRs) identified high-risk individuals who could potentially benefit from HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), according to a report presented this week at IDWeek 2016 in New Orleans. Out of 800,000 patients in a large EHR database, more that 8000 were found to be potential PrEP candidates.
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